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.
“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?”
A good manager knows that output is not necessarily proportional to hours spent warming a chair - and that by mindlessly pushing for more of the latter you may get less of the former.