As if it should even matter! (I'm not saying you're wrong, just that the viewpoint you describe is ridiculous and archaic.) If a business can't measure its pro

As if it should even matter! (I'm not saying you're wrong, just that the viewpoint you describe is ridiculous and archaic.) If a business can't measure its productivity absent the employees in the office, then it's not a real business. Now a business owner might think "Hey, I paid for those hours, so if they aren't working every minute of every work hour, I'm losing money!" That might make sense in a "production heavy" environment, like factory labor, construction, fire fighting, etc., but there is a growing number of businesses that can operate asynchronously, and existing businesses should still consider shifting towards asynchronicity because, as much as it might seem more expensive on the surface, said businesses can already operate at lower base overhead, and even if an employee takes hours off their day to travel, run errands, etc., you're still usually paying them a base salary to get X work done by Y deadline. Being worried about an employee "not working" for part of the day because they work remotely is nonsensical for office type jobs where employees tend to work solitarily.