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Was catching up with a friend who hast some IT work in a trading company. He says their computers will be locked down after a period of inactivity. And their work is measured by how active they are.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mouse+jiggler&crid=I2FW85QSN9CW&s...

So there are these devices on Amazon that move the mouse for you so the inactivity algorithm breaks and you're always online and active!

As a very hard working person I sometimes feel like an idiot.




Slacking off doesn’t really make you happy, it kind of just saps your energy. In my experience as a reforming slacker.


Having (untreated) ADHD and spending 8 hours in an office is quite literally torture.

Even being able to only spend 2 hours max on actual work I was still seen as one of the more productive people in the company, ironically. But those 6 hours of either doing nothing or trying really hard to force your attention to come together are the actual work.

I'm very happy with remote work. I can actually find things to do in between that would definitely not be considered working that lets me spend more time being productive overall.


There's a difference between slacking off and being forced to always be "productive"




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