I have to imagine that economically there are fixed per-employee costs. There are, additionally, coordination costs. When I am a "boss" - I try to be empatheti

I have to imagine that economically there are fixed per-employee costs. There are, additionally, coordination costs. When I am a "boss" - I try to be empathetic and treat others like I would like to be treated, but that starts with knowing how I work. Recognizing first that I am not normal, I never ever really have "down days" - preferring to work a little every day of the week, month and year, but I am fortunate in that I can switch up what I am working on -- sometimes it's just reading, which I can do at the lake, sitting in the sun. In any case, when coding, some days I am "on", and some days I am not. On the days that I am not, 3 hours of coding is too much, and on the days that I am, 12 hours isn't enough. I don't think I am alone in this. For me, working 6 hours a day would be the perfect amount to be ... completely not working for me. I would rather have 3 16-hour days, and the rest off. Now, I realize, that's just me ... and everyone else is different. But, for a group of 5, 10, heck - even 1,000, how are employers supposed to be able to keep up with the coordination cost of knowing all of this and keeping everything smoothly functioning? It's kind of like throwing a barbecue in Texas and making sure that there are kosher and vegan and gluten free choices for people (or something). For myself, when I have to wear a team management hat, I try to build an async remote-first kind of environment where every employee is supposed to work away from the office 40% of the time just to make sure our systems work well enough for our truly remote staff, but ... gosh! This is a lot of work and experimentation that can simply be avoided by bosses that have other things to worry about by saying: "You know what? Everybody. Here. 9. to. 5. done." I am sympathetic to what you are saying - but mapping it to my own self, I would have to make adjustments. Then there are adjustments for everyone. Which sounds great (like a 100% flat organization), until, you know, it really doesn't. Because we do not have the tools and the generations of know-how on how to manage it. We'll get there. It will be 40 years.