There is a *much* worse trend than trying to force office time: forcing non-stop pair programming. It is not only counter-productive, but also extremely tiring

There is a *much* worse trend than trying to force office time: forcing non-stop pair programming. It is not only counter-productive, but also extremely tiring for many people. I'm pretty sure that the rationale behind it is that installing human spyware is less controversial than installing software spyware on the employees' computers to monitor remote workers.