Workers across the globe are using devices called ‘mouse movers’ to escape the watchful eyes of micromanaging bosses while working from home.
The contraptions, also dubbed ‘mouse jigglers,’ effectively allow users to escape their desks for hours at a time without being detected by their employer by moving their mouse autonomously.
With millions of workers engaged in remote work since the start of the COVID pandemic, sales for the small devices – which are placed under a computer mouse to keep the cursor active – have skyrocketed, data from mouse-mover company Tech8USA shows, with many championing the gadgets as integral to a lifestyle that many say leaves workers mentally fatigued.
A TikTok user named Leah, took to social media earlier this year to show off the device in a now-viral video, and explained how it’s allowed her to take a more relaxed approach to remote work.
‘If you work from home and you carry your laptop with you all over your house because you’re so paranoid that the 30 minutes you spend away from your desk during lunch your computer will go to ‘away’ and then…
