[T.B. Yoits]

Managers who can’t figure out how to measure remote work really need to be doing something else. Punishing their employees because the manager cannot do their job is crazy.

Absolutely. I witnessed several weak managers retire in the last three years because all they really did was walk around and pester staff for updates. Once they were forced to understand the processes and what needed to be done, they were exposed as part of the problem.

We had processes that took four weeks that we can now turn in two or three days. The level of service was impossible when in the office.

[cgbg]

“Once they were forced to understand the processes and what needed to be done, they were exposed as part of the problem.”

That is exactly what happened to us.

Many managers were told they could either go back to being regular workers or go away—and most chose to become regular workers.

The biggest surprise to many of us is most former managers liked being regular workers again—even for lower pay—since they no longer had to commute—and the stress was much lower.