Okay, so that's a clear rule and that's great--your workplace sounds like a place I'd like to work. My objection isn't to systems where there is a clear, hones

Okay, so that's a clear rule and that's great--your workplace sounds like a place I'd like to work. My objection isn't to systems where there is a clear, honest expectation set. My objection is to systems where people say, "We don't give much time off, but you get to work from home a lot. Oh and we won't be able to verify if you don't work the 40 hours we expect, nudge nudge wink wink." It sounds weird, but the latter is all-too-common, especially at startups.