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What Wells Fargo’s ‘mouse-jiggler’ scandal says about the problem with work right now

‘This idea that you must be always on doesn’t suit everybody’s work styles’

By

Venessa Wong

and

Andrew Keshner

Mouse jigglers — devices used by remote workers to make it look like they are working — may be a symptom of people struggling to keep up with the always-on, always-available expectations of their job.
Mouse jigglers — devices used by remote workers to make it look like they are working — may be a symptom of people struggling to keep up with the always-on, always-available expectations of their job. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto

A chance for a bathroom break without questions from the boss. 

Cover for a 10-minute snack, or laying down to rest one’s back without their laptop going to sleep. 

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