I think maybe 1/30 people in my shop are actually as productive WFH as they are in the office. It takes an internally-motivated, highly conscientious individual to be as diligent when no one is watching as when under even casual observation.

From an employer's perspective, remote work is a losing bet as a universal policy and works better as an alternative means of compensation for select individuals. You either need something strictly metrics-based where you can measure performance accurately, or you need to absolutely know that the select employees working outside of supervision are working because they care about doing good work, not because they're in it for a paycheck... and you still need to check in on them occasionally to make sure that hasn't changed.

I think maybe 1/30 people in my shop are actually as productive WFH as they are in the office. It takes an internally-motivated, highly conscientious individual to be as diligent when no one is watching as when under even casual observation.