“What if they find all the deadbeats come in only to yak at the water coolers”
There’s a lot of truth to that. It’s not as if the slackers don’t slough off while in the office. They absolutely do, and have for decades.
There are so many awful things about working in an office:
—Laquisha two cubicles down talking (very loudly) on the phone all day about personal business
—Endless stupid meetings, often called with minimal warning, often on topics that have very little to do with your particular job
—Interruptions of all kinds that disrupt the flow of work
—”Covering” for other folks who “call out”—so your tasks cannot get done
—The commute—life is too short to waste your time on that if it can be avoided
I could go on and on....