Bob Fry wrote:

Anyway, why telecommuting isn't being promoted more is a
mystery to me...

That's simple enough. Company policies are actually enforced by fairly low-level
managers. If they can't cruise by your cubicle or office to make sure you're
really working, many of them aren't comfortable, so they will make up reasons
why you must appear in person. Managers who are insecure in their jobs also
tend to be meeting schedulers so that it will appear that they are hard workers.
I worked for a firm that had an official policy that employees telecommute when
possible, but somehow it was rarely possible. At the time I left, they were
moving to a six-day work week, with a mandatory standing meeting on Saturday
morning.

George Patterson
The British drink warm beer because they all own Lucas refrigerators.