I agree. And this type of fraud supports the push to get people back into their slave cubicles.
Very few people can work from home and be fully productive.
The solution is to offer those who want the WFH lifestyle a set list of deliverables, ditch the cameras and timeclock, and let them do their work as it suits them.
Example was when I wrote my book. I had deadlines to meet and a product to turn out. My best ‘writing time’ is between 3am-6am at 500-800 words per hour. Don’t ask me to do that at midday it just won’t happen. Cubicle? Too many distractions, surprisingly for me a coffee shop was great too. My point being people have different work-styles. And some people have different skills that might peak as different times of the day. Mine happen to allow me 3 different jobs and deliverables are what works, not timeclocks.
We agree on this then, that there is no doubt certain jobs are well suited to working from home, and that to increase employee satisfaction (by improving the work-life balance) where it works well, it is in a company’s interests to offer it.
I am a believer in at least some work from home for everyone who it can apply to. Even if it is one day a week, most people find that to be a positive thing.
I am just not a believer that working from home all the time is itself a positive thing.