The Fix for Feeling Stuck in Your Job
In this edition, we explore the fixes that companies are devising for people who feel stuck in their jobs, how to make the most of a runner-up finish, and the crackdown on staffers who use mouse jigglers and other hacks to fake working.
People Are Feeling Stuck in Their Jobs. Bosses Are Worried
With the white-collar labor market cooling and declining turnover leading to fewer internal moves, many workers say they worry their careers aren't moving forward.
Bosses are noticing.
Employers are trying new tactics to spur movement. Consulting giant McKinsey is increasing the size of its mobility budget to let employees take projects in new cities. Credit-card issuer Synchrony Financial is letting some people apply for temporary positions on other teams. Other companies are expanding existing roles to give people fresh challenges.
Read the whole story here.
Case for September Rate Cut Builds After Slower Jobs Data (Read)
The Jiggle Is Up: Bosses Bust Workers for Faking Computer Activity
The rise of remote work and, in turn, employee-monitoring software sparked a boom in mouse and keyboard jigglers and other hacks to help staffers fake computer activity—often so they can step away to do laundry or a school pickup.
Now some companies are cracking down on the subterfuge, deploying tools that can better spot the phony busywork.
Read the whole story here.
Mouse Jigglers, Fake PowerPoints: Workers Foil Bosses’ Surveillance Attempts (Read)
The Secret Thing We're All Doing While Working from Home (Read)
Noncompete agreements move deeper into limbo
A federal judge last week backed a challenge to a nationwide ban on the pacts, which restrict workers’ ability to join rival firms. The ruling came days after the Supreme Court gave judges more latitude to challenge federal agencies’ rule-making authority.
That decision, along with an expected ruling on a separate request for an injunction, could set the stage for a legal knot that might take years to resolve, employment lawyers say.
Read the whole story here.
The Best of the Rest
Check out some of the Journal's best-read stories on work life over the past week:
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What Teens Want From Work (Read)
Downtown Offices Are Toxic. Suburban Ones Are Surviving. (Read)
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