It's not just a time tax in terms of money, but also in social norms as well. I'm a very well-compensated professional. But there's no one telling me exactly wh

It's not just a time tax in terms of money, but also in social norms as well. I'm a very well-compensated professional. But there's no one telling me exactly when I should be at work, or on lunch break, or in the bathroom, or when my day is over. I can shift things around at my discretion (including personal priorities) and there's no system telling me the "how" of things other than some deadlines on the order of weeks or months away. Yet the norm is to be very strict on the schedules of workers who cost a fraction of what I do.