I think this measure will only be in place for a few months to reboot the organization. After June, I wouldn't be surprised to see Yahoo "reconsider" their decision and allow remote working again.
-- Cédric -- Cédric On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:10 PM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > It's worth noting, Marissa only took 2 weeks maternity leave, so she has a > somewhat conservative view on work life. I doubt it's the right medicine to > bring Yahoo back to former greatness; you lure good employees into the > stable with benefits, not with a whip. Google and Microsoft seems to > understand this. > > > On Saturday, February 23, 2013 6:50:57 PM UTC+1, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > >> I would certainly not call that a trend, especially since remote work is >> still pretty rare in the US (albeit disproportionately real in the Silicon >> Valley and more widespread than in the rest of the world overall). It >> definitely is a controversial move for Yahoo to do that since it means they >> will have a harder time attracting talent, but I bet Marissa and the >> executive team have carefully weighed the pros and cons and they decided >> that they would win more than lose with this decision. >> >> >> -- >> Cédric >> >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Fabrizio Giudici < >> [email protected]**> wrote: >> >>> Roughly ten years ago I hoped that within ten years technology and >>> culture were mature (even in my country) for me to remotely work most of >>> the time. My hope was tightly bound to my desire to move out to the >>> countryside. This didn't happen, partially because I live in a country that >>> is conservative in the wrong way, partially because I admit that for the >>> kind of work I'm doing technology is not mature enough. But I know many >>> people who remotely work for a substantially high amount of time. Perhaps >>> it's still matter of time, and I'll be able to remotely work for my 50's... >>> >>> So I was really surprised in reading that at Yahoo! the CEO allegedly >>> decided to kill the remote work option, so employees who do it will be >>> forced to use their desktop at the corporate or go away: >>> >>> http://allthingsd.com/**20130222**/yahoo-ceo-mayer-now-**requiring** >>> -all-remote-**employees-to-not-**be-remote/<http://allthingsd.com/20130222/yahoo-ceo-mayer-now-requiring-all-remote-employees-to-not-be-remote/> >>> >>> >>> The rationale seems to be a cultural one, not a technical one, so I'm >>> even more surprised. I wonder whether there is a trend inversion in the >>> USA, or this is just a one-of-a-kind case. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect @ Tidalwave s.a.s. >>> "We make Java work. Everywhere." >>> http://tidalwave.it/fabrizio/**b**log<http://tidalwave.it/fabrizio/blog>- >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Java Posse" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to javaposse+...@**googlegr**oups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group**/javaposse?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**grou**ps/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
