“And it is very hard to keep track of hours spent working when at home.”
So what? A properly managed business looks at output not activities.
Agreed!
But a good manager would also think up that if I get this amount of production for 4 hours work at “X” cost, how much more production can I get for the same labor cost? Don’t get me wrong, but a manager is supposed to get maximum production from an asset for the least cost. Just as the “asset” wants the highest pay for their efforts. Neither side wants to be worked to death or cheated in modern society. It is bad for the long term bottom line.
Personally, I’m an engineer and I could have worked from home about 15% of the time, after years of mentoring and education. Newer guys, no, Zoom doesn’t get you the “hey”
that won’t work, try this,in a face to face meeting.
100%.
It's not how hard you work but how much you get done.
Most of the companies I deal with that are working from home, have delayed response times because they no longer are by their phones and computers.
Then they are delayed when their people are delayed.
So a part that would be ordered in minutes now will take a day.