Originally Posted by
thegeneral
My opinion is that you don't have the experience or wherewithall to know what you're talking about. You're assuming that people who work in an office work in one with their immediate supervisor/team mates in it. You also assume that because the supervisor is in the same facility that this leads to increased productivity. Neither are necessarily the case. People get assigned tasks and are judged on them. As a manager, it is very easy to judge who is getting things done and who isn't.
My boss is across the Atlantic. I see him a few times a year and we talk every week or two. My staff is spread about the US. Do we really need to be hovering over our employees to make sure the work is getting done?
I have had people who would let me know what they're doing every minute of the day. I put a stop to that in a hurry. I don't car if they answer their phone in the home office, at the garage, in the grocery store, or visiting their extended friends and family out of town. As long as they're available when needed and getting what's asked of them done, that is.