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most people work harder when they have a boss watching over them in person, but nobody wants to hear that

No, most people put more effort into appearing to do work if there is some micromanaging ass spying on them. I would guess more time pretending to do work than doing anything actually productive (see people who love to schedule unending meetings)

This seems to be the thing that most (I can only assume managers) don't seem to realize - people were screwing around in the office too and it was harder there. They either hid it by staring at Outlook or code and the effort to pretend to be working prevents them from getting the mental energy they need to come back after lunch and be productive in the afternoon. WFH means you can step away for an hour and then come back and get the work done.

That's why us salary employees are there anyways, right? To get the work done? Not to just have our butts in seats for 40+ hours a week?

spoken like a true middle manager :)

i don’t disagree that that’s one way to get some people motivated. some people prefer the carrot.

/shrug

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