[bogle]

This is my experience of British management over the last quarter of a century. I am an expensive contract resource but I still get paid for turning up and not so much for providing working software.

When I am working remotely, due to the organisation's inability to measure productivity, fostered by their management's "bums on seats" culture, I can't demonstrate that remote work is a benefit to them.

[deepGem]

Ditto in India. Though economic realities are forcing companies to give at least one work from home day per month. It is estimated that companies are losing close to $20B in traffic related stress.

[pts_]

In mob programming culture it's not even bum on seats but bums crowding around a seat!

[commandlinefan]

> mob programming

Why waste one person's time when you can waste ten?

[choonway]

No wonder Singapore is like that too. 50+ years after independence from the British is not enough to change culture.