This is correct.... I'll give my example of my situation.
Boss A - Old Guard... mid 40's.
Has worked at his same job for his full career... has not kept up with IT practices (or technology).
Forced his staff to come into work during pandemic despite the building being nearly empty as 80% of the users are working from home.
Before the pandemic he would make one of his staff members who lives in Oakbank to drive 45 minutes to work to grab a work van... despite the job site being in Beausejour. 2 hours of extra driving because he doesn't trust the employee.
Does not allow flexible work schedules, does not allow compressed work weeks, never allows working from home.
Paranoid that staff won't do work from home, that higher ups will frown upon not visibly seeing people in the office, has the thought process that if a person is in the office that they will spend the full day working.
Has a high turn over of the good employees, extremely low morale in the office, zero motivation, staff is disinterested and poor performance from employees.
Boss B - New Guard .... 60ish....
Has worked in several different organizations and positions. Keeps up with latest IT trends.
Works remotely himself and allow staff to work from home.
Staff has had zero pressure into coming into work during pandemic.
Staff is allowed to keep work vehicle at home over night.
Allows very flexible work schedules, pretty much as long as the work gets done on time and in a correct manner it doesn't matter. Only rule is that the black berry needs to be on and nearby the staff during office hours.
Very high morale of staff, most of the staff feels guilty being at home and not being able to do all of the work.
Currently I'm writing this post outside on my deck in the beautiful sun working for Boss B. My quality of life in the last 2 years since moving over to this new job has increased dramatically. I usually go into the office 2 - 3 days of the week and the hours I save from having to drive in rush hour traffic , the ability to do house chores in between work , not having to drive in when it's -30..... has increased my quality of life massively. My mental health has improved so much that I'm way more focused at both work and home life. It helps so much when the kids did have activities (pre pandemic) being able to pick them up from school and having dinner ready the moment they come home with much more time to spare to get them ready for swimming & soccer.