It's not just the metrics. Over the years I've come to realize that in many cases these companies just sabotage the talent they do have. My own performance when I have my own office vs. when I didn't is night and day. The possession of an uninterruptible space for a few hours a day, of perceived privacy (a cubicle is little better than a dog crate)...
And in many of the places where I did not have an office, it wasn't because none were available. In most of the jobs I've worked, there have been multiple vacant offices going unused or becoming junk rooms where they stash old equipment to keep it out of the hallways.
Autonomy to solve problems... I don't know how many places I've been where it was tacitly supported for people to goof off for 20-30 hours a week, but god forbid you put effort into work that hadn't been directed from above.
And in many of the places where I did not have an office, it wasn't because none were available. In most of the jobs I've worked, there have been multiple vacant offices going unused or becoming junk rooms where they stash old equipment to keep it out of the hallways.
Autonomy to solve problems... I don't know how many places I've been where it was tacitly supported for people to goof off for 20-30 hours a week, but god forbid you put effort into work that hadn't been directed from above.
And on and on and on.