Also when you factor in the additional "getting ready to go to work" time (shower/bath, choosing outfit, breakfast etc) vs. a quick brush of the teeth and the e

Also when you factor in the additional "getting ready to go to work" time (shower/bath, choosing outfit, breakfast etc) vs. a quick brush of the teeth and the extra 'unwind time' needed at the end of the work day means that WFH is indeed more productive imo. I do however understand the fact/issue that some WFH employees aren't self-disciplined enough not to constantly goof-off and picking them up on that is a lot harder than if in the office where you (as a manager) can directly observe it. Also, explaining to employee X that employee A and B can WFH but employee Z can't is an impossible task. Managers love metrics so if it is indeed more productive to WFH (which I think is accurate) then it should be easy enough for the employees to provide some solid figures. Depending upon the bean-counter that you need to browbeat dictates what metrics to use on them (aka drag them in to the 21st century).