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Here's something I experienced myself:

I once worked until 10 pm to get something done and my boss told me to leave the next day at 4:30 pm.

He had the best of intentions and I don't hold it against him. But I still felt treated like a child. I mean, if I'm flexible enough to stay until 10 pm, then he should be flexible enough to let me go home the next day (or at least on Friday) whenever I want, and as long as the job gets done.

Did anybody make similar experiences?

Let's get the discussions rolling, shall we ;-)

I pretend that ROWE will never work in a retail or call center environment. The idea of ROWE is that "you can do whatever you want whenever you want, as long as the work gets done."

If a store says they're open from 8 am, I want to get service at 8 am and don't care if the employees felt like being somewhere else. And if a call center says I can call until 11 pm, then I don't care if the employees felt like working some other time.

Therefore, ROWE doesn't work for retail and call centers.

And now please tell me why I'm wrong!