Managers do that, too. At least with this technique they're gone most of the time and employees can get some work done. This technique demands a lot of cleaning up. Grow mushrooms . Mushrooms grow well in the dark and when fed detritus.
Some managers think that's the way to treat employees.
Well, at least it's warm in the mushroom caves. Throw me a curve. Carl Friedrich Gauss knew a lot about math, but nothing about management. Lots of managers figure employees should fit Gauss' distribution. Good companies have good people that they don't force on a bell curve.