Yes but developers are already self driven. We are talking the average worker who only works from home two hours out of the day. They require supervision or, their boss can lay off half the work force and tell those who work from home they have to work 8 hours or have their pay cut to 25% max.
Some people are reliable and fully capable of WFH, most are not.
Oh, I completely agree. When I retired I was working as a business analyst and spent my time in zoom type meetings and producing documents and visio drawings.
It was virtually a waste of time. In fact, I only quit because I felt guilty about doing basically no work while listening to people ramble in virtual meetings, often with unintelligible accents. I recently talked to a friend that is still there and after hearing what he had to say, I definitely should have stayed and continued earning many thousands a month until they had had enough of me, which would probably have been never.
However, I retired because of a mini-stroke (very minor, but I could use it as an excuse to quit without warning) and I DID need heart surgery three years later. And the stress of those calls was almost unbearable. I definitely became a happier and more laid back person almost immediately.
You can’t put a price tag on quality of life.
Many are completely capable of showing up for 40 hours of work, and accomplishing nothing.
I tried a spite week once. My one accomplishment, the receptionist.
It wasn’t much of an accomplishment…
Then there’s parking lot rock throwing contests. Drinking at lunch, etc.
The truly important work is completed by 15% of people in a smaller percentage of work hours. Corporate America is largely an adult daycare.