[Aeolun]

To be fair, if they’re all in the office it’s much easier to see that all the butts are in their seats.

If you try doing that remotely you need permanent surveilance with a webcam, and people get all uppity about it when that happens in their own home.

[benreesman]

Oh I agree, but if attendance is a performance metric then the work going on doesn't need an expensive white collar management infrastructure, which I think is part of Dr Burry's point (even though the article is referencing cooked studies about WFH productivity loss and couching the reference in weasel language).

[ehnto]

You seem fairly resolute that knowing if someone has their butt on their seat is useful, but I would invite you to try finding some other metrics that actually measure output, and try rewarding people for performing highly on those metrics. I can tell you, I've seen countless unproductive hours wasted with butts firmly on seats. It's not a good measure of productivity.

[Spivak]

What kind of job has no other measurement for output than time spent in a chair?

[shapefrog]

Jim is a hard worker, always first in the door and last out at night. - if only you were as committed as Jim, instead of being 2x plan, you would be 4x plan.

Jim sits and watches cat videos on youtube all day - is 0x plan, and will be promoted to being your boss next year.