ForgottenFluxtoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·4 months agoWells Fargo fires more than a dozen employees for faking work using mouse jigglers and keyboard activity simulation(www.tomshardware.com)external-linkarrow-up1830arrow-down113message-square260fedilink
arrow-up1817arrow-down1external-linkWells Fargo fires more than a dozen employees for faking work using mouse jigglers and keyboard activity simulation(www.tomshardware.com)ForgottenFluxtoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·4 months agomessage-square260fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️Englisharrow-up34arrow-down5·4 months agoedit-24 months agolinkfedilink 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-squareFordBeeblebroxEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down0·4 months agolinkfedilinkIt’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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️Englisharrow-up6arrow-down2·4 months agolinkfedilinkAnother 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-squareDkarmaEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down0·4 months agolinkfedilinkThese people are salaried. They don’t owe companies hours.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️Englisharrow-up11arrow-down0·4 months agolinkfedilinkNo, they don’t actually owe them shit. But the employer thinks they do.
minus-squareDisasterEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down0·4 months agolinkfedilink“I paid for this traffic light, therefore I want to use all three bulbs at once”
minus-squarebamficEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down0·4 months agolinkfedilinkcapital 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.