Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Work at home ban...

WOW. What news...

at a time when everybody is allowing telecommuting, YAHOO and its fab new CEO break the news and decide to put a (temporary?) ban on working remotely.

It makes me go hmmmm....

On one side, I am absolutely convinced of the value of "hallway and cafeteria discussions, meeting new people and impromtu team meetings". The virtual world has long since deprived us of person-to-person relationships and interactions, and I for one welcome a reversal of the fashion.

I have to wonder however what will that imply for Yahoo travel budgets? can we really say that personal relationships are critical for close workers, but irrelevant for long distance?

Just sayin'.

Edit: the Newyorker splurges in an savory article on the subject. Enjoy. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonists/2013/02/theres-no-place-like-work.html