In most of my on site jobs, I never had a manager looking over my shoulder. Most of the time they were off in some meeting! People want offices so they won't

In most of my on site jobs, I never had a manager looking over my shoulder. Most of the time they were off in some meeting! People want offices so they won't be socially isolated. You might not, but others do. Also sync video talking can often be faster than chat, and issues that are controversial are usually resolved a lot better in a meeting. I once had something that took 2 weeks of unproductive back and forth with a team half way around the globe resolved with 20 minutes of a video meeting.