ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoWells Fargo fires more than a dozen employees for faking work using mouse jigglers and keyboard activity simulationwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square257linkfedilinkarrow-up1829arrow-down113
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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down5·2 years ago Even if someone spends half the time watching YouTube, if all the work is done… who cares? They care because it means you could be doing even more work in the time allotted.
minus-squareFordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 years agoIt’s the “if you have time to lean you have time to clean” of the white collar world, why would they be paying the peasants if the toil isn’t visible
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·2 years agoAnother way of putting it is that it’s the “I paid for X, I want to use all of the X” of the upper management world.
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoThese people are salaried. They don’t owe companies hours.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoNo, they don’t actually owe them shit. But the employer thinks they do.
minus-squareDisaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years ago“I paid for this traffic light, therefore I want to use all three bulbs at once”
minus-squarebamfic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agocapital sucks up all the surplus value of your labor. you don’t get to keep it.
They care because it means you could be doing even more work in the time allotted.
It’s the “if you have time to lean you have time to clean” of the white collar world, why would they be paying the peasants if the toil isn’t visible
Another way of putting it is that it’s the “I paid for X, I want to use all of the X” of the upper management world.
These people are salaried. They don’t owe companies hours.
No, they don’t actually owe them shit. But the employer thinks they do.
“I paid for this traffic light, therefore I want to use all three bulbs at once”
capital sucks up all the surplus value of your labor. you don’t get to keep it.