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by buzziebee 1049 days ago
Yeah this is a problem with specific employees, not with WFH. If people aren't adult enough to manage their own time and perform their duties without someone over their shoulder then that's a them problem.

I worked at a company which had a similar approach to the one being considered , i.e. force everyone in. Every decision there was based on the lowest common denominators. This meant that the really good high performing people all quit. It's a ghost town over there these days.

Set expectations, support people with meeting them, fire them if they continue taking the piss. Don't ruin it for all of you high performers because you can't be bothered going through the process to fire someone. You'll have better overall performance, satisfaction, and retention if you work to get the slackers either performing or out.