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Not trusting your employees is simply poor management. There really is no excuse in this day and age to deny remote work to tech workers, other than management is incapable of managing them. When job hunting, I see lack of full time remote positions as a red flag.

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Not really. No more than Counter Strike let people decide for themselves how many points they deserve... In our freetime, we play games in systems that decide our worth for us. I see no reason why work should be any different. In a management role, I get far happier, more productive people, when I reach out and find out what they're doing. People like it when people take an interest in them, and what they are doing.

That sounds like you are a good manager. This is more about the remote aspect though. With email, text, phone, and video chat it is easy to find out what somebody is doing and take an interest without physically being there. When management can't do that but instead rely on butts in seats and office rituals is when I worry.

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