“Ass in seat” metrics are worth less than nothing, they’re trivially gameable. Most of us probably have experience phoning it in and faking productivity during

“Ass in seat” metrics are worth less than nothing, they’re trivially gameable. Most of us probably have experience phoning it in and faking productivity during a bad job; there’s no reason to believe that that’s not a regular thing when there is pressure to be seen over working. Also, I doubt this lobby will work; the labor market for tech is unbelievably tight right now. Workers have the leverage to demand what they want, and I think more of them know it.