Previous month Wells Fargo fired over dozen employees for using tools that fake productivity at work.

Wells Fargo fired over a dozen employees after investigation opened up that they were using devices or apps to simulate productivity on their computers.

What is not known is how a dozen staffers had jobs where productivity could be measure by mouse movements

The software and devices in question have existed for year but during covid their popularity is going up when employees found themselves working from home without any in person supervision.

The apps are referred to as mouse movers or mouse jigglers they can move a computer cursor or trigger phantom keyboard entries without human intervention.

various companies rely on software to monitor these input as way to ensure that remote employees are at their computers and being productive and as remote working has continued after pandemic. These tools become more superb. Random they may look that a mouse jiggler is in use.

The FNRA disclosures did not open up whether terminated employees were caught using tools remotely.

New rules came into effect in US which mean that brokers working from home must be inspected every three years.

“Wells Fargo holds employees to highest standards and does not tolerate unethical behaviour” Wells Fargo said.

In US under 27% of paid days last month were work from home days compared with 60% at height of pandemic in 2020.

In Spring 13% of full time employees in US were remote and 26% in hybrid arrangement.

Various of fire workers worked for Wells Fargo for less than 5 years.

Mega companies have been using tools to monitor employees since remote work expanded during Covid pandemic.

employees since remote work expanded during the Covid pandemic.

Services can track keystrokes and eye movements take screenshots and log which website were visited.

Technology has progressed to evade surveillance including so called mouse jigglers which aimed at making computers appear to be in active use which is available.