I'd love to work from home but the bastards won't allow me to take my reach-truck off the premises.. I do know a few cnuts that work from home and take the piss though...FACT!!
I don’t think you’ve managed staff for a while have you. Clearly some roles can’t be done from home. So that’s not relevant. The ones that can be, and both parties agree to it, simply need managing properly. If someone is skiving then your performance management measures should pick that up. If you don’t know what you want your staff to achieve, and don’t have a way of measuring that then you’re a **** manager. This mythical person on the golf course would have just been in the office on Facebook instead. Being present in the place of work isn’t good performance, achieving the outcomes you’ve set is.
Good to hear as many others are finding it hard to keep their head above water. If things continue going well, would you consider floating your company?
Hold on, you should take a bow after you ignored the stern warning from your Lloyd's insurance broker ! You mast comply & ramp up your coverage next time?