I’m coming at this discussion as a remote worker myself, and there is some merit to being in the office. For example, Wells Fargo just fired a bunch of remote employees. It seems the employees weren’t actually working from home. They were loafing off from home while utilizing a program that logged in phony keystrokes and mouse motions to make it look like they were working. Fortunately, those big, bad, meanie executives caught onto it and made short work of these idiots.
In another example, some remote workers are engaging in communications with our putative enemies, such as Red China, if I remember correctly. I’m certainly not, but such behavior puts the hiring companies and the entire country in danger. So it’s better in some cases to do office stuff, especially if the jobs are related to national security or sensitive matters.
It’s not just office-mongering bosses posing a problem here.
Remote jerk-ers are reason #301,456,289 why we can’t have nice things.
Your post makes the point—good managers can catch the work at home bad actors.
Bad employees should be fired—whether at the office or at home.