in your case, what you say might be true, but you haven't said enough to make that conclusion obvious and certainly not a universal truth. your conclusion that

in your case, what you say might be true, but you haven't said enough to make that conclusion obvious and certainly not a universal truth. your conclusion that your coworkers being at the office means they are unproductive is one possibility, but it's easy to imagine many possibilities where you may be misinterpreting the value these coworkers provide. for example, some people act as social glue, between team members and between teams, that makes the team as a whole more efficient. some people silently clean up after others. some people attend meetings to allow the rest of the team to focus. some people think much more about design and architecture than others (trading short-term inefficiency for long-term efficiency). some poeple may just like being there (vs. elsewhere) more than others. there are just so many ways that more time at the office does not equal being less productive.