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> IMO, in-person, on-site that cost is much less and the problems are easier to spot early and deal with before they get worse

Yeah that's an opinion alright.

I expect it's mostly shared by managers who are unable or unwilling to really think through the question of how they can monitor their employees' productivity.

If you need to visibly see someone working to measure where their productivity is versus your expectations, you're probably not a very good manager and you don't have a great handle on what your people are doing.