I'm going to read your intent as: 'get away with not going to an office'. Based on that, I'll say that measuring actual work in cognitively focused fields is d

I'm going to read your intent as: 'get away with not going to an office'. Based on that, I'll say that measuring actual work in cognitively focused fields is difficult if not impossible. The entire premise of compensation based on or a requirement built around a given minimum or maximum hours of work is crazy when the actual work that happens is mostly cognitive and not literally constructive. A job of that type practically demands a salaried payout and advancement based on overall project success/contributions (which might be incredibly fuzzy to measure and difficult to prove or compare as facts).