You gotta get real with some of these #'s of productivity. Kids, Dog, food beer TV are all distractions that make you get absolutly nothing done. I choose to work in an office because you don't have all those distractions. Sure.. I might loose some time from coworkers but not nearly as much as I would if I had family around. I haven't heard anything about them stopping people working from home after hours. Explain to me how you can tell if someone is messing around at home if thier sales are down or they are busting there butts trying to break even? From a management view, you can't. If everyone is doing great, then there isn't a problem. But apparently AT&T isn't doing so well. You can't sit there and continue to loose money without making a change. Complain all you want, but you should feel fortunate for all the years you got to have all that freedom.