Yahoo Bans Working From Home: ‘Progress’ Or a Big Step Backwards?

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by Kristina Chew February 27, 2013 7:00 pm

Marissa Mayer made headlines when she became the CEO of Yahoo last July. She’s one of the few women to become the top executive of a Fortune 500 company and many wondered how she might balance work and family: Mayer was expecting her first child when she became CEO and now has a young son.



Mayer has been in the spotlight again about work and family issues after a memo sent to staff last week announced, in chipper but very firm terms, that with a view to needing “to be one Yahoo,” any existing work-from-home arrangements will be rendered null and void from June and after. As the message from Yahoo’s head of Human Resources, Jackie Rees, said (via All Things D):

To become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration will be important, so we need to be working side-by-side. That is why it is critical that we are all present in our offices. Some of the best decisions and insights come from hallway and cafeteria discussions, meeting new people, and impromptu team meetings. Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home. We need to be one Yahoo!, and that starts with physically being together.

Beginning in June, we’re asking all employees with work-from-home arrangements to work in Yahoo! offices.

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