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> All (100%) of them were found to have been "working" from home

Were there other employees who were abusing the system? What was the consequence of this abuse? Missed tickets? Pagers unattended? Meetings missed? How large was your organization? Is seven a small or a huge number relative to the number of employees in your org?

> To that degree, the statement, "If you don't trust your employees to work remotely you shouldn't have hired them" can perhaps come across as a bit racist.

Explain. In a statement that says nothing about race, just an employee-employer relationship, how would you perceive that as racist?