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Re:Why Working from Home Will Stick [pdf] by geoduck14 on Saturday January 23, 2021 @11:51PM (#25889387)
>2. Managers like to be able to watch their direct reports because it makes them feel more in control than they are

Manager here. Initially, I had trouble with my inability to do this. Now that I've come to grips that I have NO idea if my team is actually at their computer, I now judge them based on if they actually get work done (vs are they "busy"). It has been a good shift, but not easy.

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Re:Why Working from Home Will Stick [pdf] by mbrodersen on Monday January 25, 2021 @10:17PM (#25912055)
Well done. The problem with most managers is that they never learn to measure what is important (output) instead of what isn’t (looking busy/hours pretending to work).
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