This looks like the inverse of "everyone needs to come back to the office so that we know you are working".
I doubt this will go well since if it keeps happening unproductive people will become the best at gaming the system.
But at the same time, there has to be a better way than being observed by a boss in a physical office. I don't want to commute just because people on my team who were unproductive in the office are now just as unproductive at home and not seeing their face daily makes it hard to tell if they took another job and just haven't told anyone.
I doubt this will go well since if it keeps happening unproductive people will become the best at gaming the system.
But at the same time, there has to be a better way than being observed by a boss in a physical office. I don't want to commute just because people on my team who were unproductive in the office are now just as unproductive at home and not seeing their face daily makes it hard to tell if they took another job and just haven't told anyone.