Then that should be made clear up front, as the financial and family (kids changing schools..) effects of relocating are considerable.
I wonder whether they'll run up against problems in countries where unions or labour laws are stronger. I'd certainly take it as a sign (if one were needed) of a sinking ship and jump overboard. A badly-managed Teleca, during my internship in 2001, cancelled flexitime and cookies, and the good people left. They were punishing developers (among others) who were doing good work because the salespeople were not doing well. A couple of years later and the offices closed down. On Feb 27, 2013 4:30 AM, "Cédric Beust ♔" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > -- 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.
