At Mandalorian we have to work 9-530 days, our customers expect to be able to contact us in this period. What we do though is allow everyone to work from home u

At Mandalorian we have to work 9-530 days, our customers expect to be able to contact us in this period. What we do though is allow everyone to work from home unless they absolutely need an office environment. Once a quarter we meet up face to face, have a day set aside for meetings, discussions, presentations and that's about it. We have IRC for techies and Google chat for non-techies, along with Google Hangout for when we need some face to face discussion. So far it's working pretty well. People who need to pick kids up from school pick kids up from school. People who need to receive deliveries or have plumbers round don't have to worry about taking time out to do so. Additionally everyone's travel costs are miniscule when not on customer site, which I think is a massive positive for all of us. On the whole I believe that a happy workforce is a productive workforce, and that creating stress for employees is counterproductive. If we need meetings we can have them. If we need physical space together we can arrange it. Aside from that, I'd rather focus on the results than the time put in.