Having a liberal work-from-home-if-you-want policy would definitely make it a lot more tolerable, but this: "It wasn't the managers that choose this, it was hi

Having a liberal work-from-home-if-you-want policy would definitely make it a lot more tolerable, but this: "It wasn't the managers that choose this, it was higher up who believe collaborative is nothing but a buzz word." always worries me, because it's that kind of higher level management that, 3 months later, stops by the awesome collaborative workspace he told you to use, finds it mostly empty because everybody is at home, and shuts down the work-from-home policy in spite of the fact that people are getting work done. Sure, you can point out that people are getting their work done, but (again, I know I'm stereotyping here) that seems to be the kind of management that doesn't let facts get in their way.