Marissa Mayer Bans WAH
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| Sun, 02-24-2013 - 1:08pm |
The youngest female Fortune 500 CEO ~ Yahoo's Marissa Mayer ~ banned WAH for all employees, including full-time customer service reps, those who WAH just 1 or 2 days/week, even those hired on the condition they WAH.
<<"Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home," says the memo from HR director Jackie Rees..."We need to be one Yahoo!, and that starts with physically being together.>>
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-belkin/marissa-mayer-work-from-home-yahoo-rule_b_2750256.html
Apparently the fact that all of the "tools" can be at home, accessing the main offices remotely, is not enough.
Wouldn't we expect a new mom especially to "champion" combining work and family? Some WAH employees say they get more done at home, due to a shorter "commute", fewer interuptions at the watercooler and cubicle. For those who WAH part-time or f-t, are you as/more productive at home as in an office? Will this backfire as the top talent can WAH for Yahoo and other companies?
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I wonder what would happen some Friday afternoon if a Yahoo executive handed a virtual briefcase full of stuff to review before a Monday morning meeting turned to Ms Mayer and said, "Gee, guess we'll have to cancel the meeting now that I'm not allowed to work at home anymore."
Perhaps nothing but that was cute, Lol.
Clarify an earlier post about knowing so much about others that you can "gauge" how much they can afford, There must be a hidden talent there not even my magic telescope can compare to.
Exactly! My father's teacher salary was public information but I can't imagine someone taking that information and determining what my parents could or could not afford.
Your dad isn't renting from you?
Because the poor are entitled.
Not logging into work... Isn't that interesting! Mayer is a smart girl, Good for her for cutting back where productivity lacked.
If she were really smart, she'd start a serious analysis of how the company assess productivity and achievement of goals. If loads of WAH employees were truly goofying off for years, not getting the work done, and not even bothering to log in regularly, I'd want to know what the hell the managers were doing all those years to monitor their teams. Chances are if they failed that spectacularly with the people who were WAH, they weren't doing any better of a job with the people showing up for work. After all, it's perfectly possible to show up every day and still not get anything done.
Virtual fist bump ~ A Yahoo employee writes to Marissa Mayer:
Dear Marissa,
Whoa, girl! You really know how to drop a bomb. Everyone is still talking about that HR memo. I'm sure you're like, "Hey can we move on and start making some money now, people?!"
I'm totally with you, Ms. Mayer. Totally! I mean, we really need to tighten things up around here, get those lazy butts in seats. I'm a little bummed that my view of the parking lot will now be blocked by the guy across the hall -- the one with the sweet window office -- who hasn't been in for the last six months. But if innovation comes without access to direct sunlight, then I won't complain. I am ALL in!
Let me also just say that I think those who've dubbed you "the Stalin of Silicon Valley" are completely out of line. .... ( For the rest: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristen-kennedy/marissa-mayer_b_2805974.html )
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