Merlin is a proofreader of manuscripts for a large new york city publisher. he receives manuscripts electronically and, using his word processing software at home, makes corrections and comments for the authors. merlin's manager may be concerned that

The manager maybe concerned that Merlin may be distracted by computer games or his children when they are at home during the day and will not get his work done.
When employees worked on the employees, there will be a direct supervisor that control the workflow and distractions such as children or games will be eliminated so the employees could only focus on the job.