agreed.
i have guys that will put in 5 12-hour days to make a deadline. They're not getting paid extra for that, and they're working extra hard to make up for our own poor management. If they want to play hookie a few times a month to go skiing, wtf do I care? I'll look the other way. They're working for free, otherwise. And the company is not giving them nearly as many vacation days as they deserve. 2 or 2 weeks a YEAR? Are you KIDDING me? I can't believe that some of you would be OK with that.
This sort of grandpa-esque "honest days work" notion is totally irrelavant in today's modern workplace. It may have made sense back in the days of the 9-5, but these days you need to be in control of your own work/life balance, otherwise we're gonna squeeze as much work out of you as we possibly can and it will hurt. Why would you let us? You've got to keep us honest.