Sort of, eddi. my sup has his own office, and i am outside in an open plan area with other postgrads/docs, so we are not in each other's faces all the time. When i see him, though, i feel more inclined to work harder (prob a good thing), and the days he is away, i have a more relaxed approach to my work (prob a bad thing!). So i suppose if i was no where near my sup, i would get nothing done.