You clearly had a bad experience with managers, sorry to hear that. So did I before I started my businesses over 15 years ago. The people I employ are on "my"

You clearly had a bad experience with managers, sorry to hear that. So did I before I started my businesses over 15 years ago. The people I employ are on "my" team just as I am on "their" team. It's not a question of ownership. I decided to set us up as a work from anywhere business at the start of the pandemic because that's best for my team and for the business overall. Having said that I still need face to face meetings from time to time, as do our clients... notwithstanding I'll always consider the impact of those requests on my individual team members. I have no issues with retention and my employee NPS scores are consistently over 50 percent.