Let's say that's true. The article (?) only claims that it's because of 20% of slackers. As JohnFen said in a peer comment, that may be a wash. They're the 2

Let's say that's true. The article (?) only claims that it's because of 20% of slackers. As JohnFen said in a peer comment, that may be a wash. They're the 20% you want to fire anyway. But let's say it's not just those 20%. Let's say that everyone is somewhat less productive when WHF. OK, but we can still make a deal. You, the company, let us, the non-slacker employees, work from home, for the same money as working in the office. We also get not having to spend the commute time (which was, essentially, unpaid work time). You get the ability to run the same business with a much smaller office, which saves a huge amount of money.