Ya know I was never a manager but I did supervise a lot of folks in presentation creation centers in investment banks for a few years.
We sent some work to India at one point as a trial when we were backed up and they were a disaster.
But still, IT DID show that you CAN work somewhere else and do these jobs. They just happened to suck.
I know for a fact that for all presentation/word processor jobs in these departments that you still have to go in.
For one thing, the investment banker can’t hover over your shoulder and yell and complain if you work from home creating his presentation :)
here is a story when we got word processing
One superintendent asked his staff when would they complete their required 10 reports each week, if they could go home when they were done. They said Thursday noon. One said Thur end of day.
Why didn’t he let them?. The union wouldn’t agree to employees being paid for the actual work. Had to pay them by the hour.