I was once at a start up where management decided that progress was inadequate. In truth progress was inadequate, but it was a hard science problem so the amount of work done is not necessarily the main factor here. They insisted that everyone work till at least 7pm (the place had a 9am sharp start time so that amounts of a long day with dangerous chemicals and sensitive equipment - this is the equivalent of staying till 9pm for software folks who amble in at ~10:30am). In order to avoid having to stay late themselves, management adopted a rotation whereby one manager would stay late one night a week while the rest took off on time (now early). Someone found a copy of this schedule in the printer, made a few extra copies and posted them around the office which scrapped that policy. Long story short the company was never going to make it anyway.
