I agree with your premise, but I also think that the attitude of "make them come into the office" is also generational. There are generations still working where remote work was not an option for most of their careers due to technology, with the possible exception for traveling salespeople. I'm a retired academic and associate dean in a business school and I was the first faculty member there to offer my graduate courses online. I taught federal taxation and we always saw a large dip in enrollment in the spring during tax season. Allowing students to enroll in online classes allowed the students to continue their education while also balancing a heavy work load. I later helped the school and the university move more graduate classes and programs online. There was push back from older faculty who claimed, without evidence, that students taking online courses wouldn't work as hard. When I pointed out that most faculty spend most of their time off campus and seem to be able to work without face-to-face contact the complaints diminished. There has always been push back from those who believe that you have to "see" a person working to believe that person is actually working. I think Romney and Manchin belong in this category. I also find this so hypocritical because, as members of Congress, they spend more of their time away from the Capital building than in it (although I can say that many of them no longer work on legislating).
I agree with your premise, but I also think that the attitude of "make them come into the office" is also generational. There are generations still working where remote work was not an option for most of their careers due to technology, with the possible exception for traveling salespeople. I'm a retired academic and associate dean in a business school and I was the first faculty member there to offer my graduate courses online. I taught federal taxation and we always saw a large dip in enrollment in the spring during tax season. Allowing students to enroll in online classes allowed the students to continue their education while also balancing a heavy work load. I later helped the school and the university move more graduate classes and programs online. There was push back from older faculty who claimed, without evidence, that students taking online courses wouldn't work as hard. When I pointed out that most faculty spend most of their time off campus and seem to be able to work without face-to-face contact the complaints diminished. There has always been push back from those who believe that you have to "see" a person working to believe that person is actually working. I think Romney and Manchin belong in this category. I also find this so hypocritical because, as members of Congress, they spend more of their time away from the Capital building than in it (although I can say that many of them no longer work on legislating).