Yahoo Responds to Work-From-Home Outcry

Yahoo has significant issues recruiting prime talent and I don't see how this makes things better in that regard.<p>If there are unproductive employees within Yahoo, the onus should be on their managers to find and address the issue. Merely forcing butts in the seats from 9 to 5 doesn't give you any additional information about who is productive and who isn't.<p>It's unfortunate because I want Yahoo to succeed, but I see this as a negative move from the standpoint of finding and retaining great people. Mayer will get a fair opportunity to try her ideas out, but everything about this move seems very backwards and small-minded.

"If there are unproductive employees within Yahoo, the onus should be on their managers to find and address the issue."<p>But that would be a management decision by the same people who decided to get all their butts in chairs from 9 to 5. There are no out of band managers, they're stuck with who they have.<p>Unless someone fired those managers. But that would be the CEO, and there are no out of band CEOs, they're stuck with her.<p>Unless someone fired her, and I guess their board is good at that at least.