Welcome back to The Measure Monthly!

Today, we’re bringing you hot headlines, shocking stats and helpful content – all about the workplace.

🐭 ‘Mouse movers’ are getting caught and fired

According to FINRA filings, Wells Fargo recently fired over a dozen employees for ‘faking keyboard activity’ to look busy. What’s not yet known is how these workers had jobs where their productivity could be measured by mouse movements 👀

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😬 37% of employees are stressed at work

New data from Gallup suggests that over a third of employees in Europe are experiencing work-related stress. However, one of the key factors that can reduce stress levels is finding your work meaningful.

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🍕 Teams that eat together, stay together

Gensler's latest workplace report reveals that 98% of employees in high-performing teams regularly eat lunch with colleagues. And 81% of workers in strong teams often sit with their team when they’re in the office – citing this as their primary reason for coming in – compared to only 50% of those in weaker teams.

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⏰ Putting a price on free time 

A new survey by Reed Recruitment and Bloomberg has found that the very highest (£100,000 or more) and very lowest (under £10,000) earners are the least likely to quit if regularly contacted outside of their contracted hours. The most likely to hand in their notice are those earning £80,000 to £89,000 (50%) and £90,000 to £99,000 (54%).

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😁 Hybrid workers = happier workers

A paper published in Nature reveals that hybrid working leads to happier, equally productive workers. The trial found that allowing workers to work two days from home reduced resignation rates by a third, and working remotely had no overall impact on productivity.

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