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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The managers. Our policy is an email when you start the day. We are supposed to add the location as part of the return to the office.

Eg. I'm starting my day and working the full tour of duty from the office today.[/quote]

Been a fed for 10+ yrs and this sounds craxy to me! So infantilizing.[/quote]

This really is not uncommon or onerous.  My DH has been doing it for six years (in his agency that has always been primarily remote.) it is an extremely low effort way for a manager (and team) to know who is available on any given day, particularly when the culture supports a lot of flexibility and variance in when people work.[/quote]

Wouldn't a manager just assume you are available on a scheduled work day?

Manager Joe, I am working today.  I will breathe oxygen.  I will take my required 30 minutes lunch break.  I will sign off at the end of my day.[/quote]

I don't get this objection.  We are talking about an organization that supports fully remote work as well as extremely flexible work schedules.  It asks for an email/chat message at the start of a workday.  And even THAT is too much "control" for some people?

A manager wants to know who is online and working that day.  They want to touch base with their employees once a day that they don't see in person more than 4 times per year.  It takes ten seconds.  [/quote]

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