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Yahoo, Marissa Mayer, and Remote Work: a Missed Opportunity

by Alan Langford | 2013-03-08 | Observations on Everything

earth-from-mars_flickr_nasa-goddard_180x180By now, just about everyone has heard about Marissa Mayer’s first big public move as newly-minted CEO of Yahoo, Inc.: no more remote work, issuing a directive that all remote employees need to show up at a physical Yahoo office.

This has resulted in a storm of criticism from journalists, armchair-CEO’s, and remote workers around the world (including me). (more…)

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