The Data That Drove Yahoo's Telecommuting Ban 529
Stiletto writes "Business Insider and All Things D are reporting that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's decision to ban telecommuting was data-driven, as you'd expect out of the former Google exec. After spending months frustrated at how empty Yahoo parking lots were, Mayer consulted Yahoo's VPN logs to see if remote employees were checking in enough. Despite all the outrage and flak she's getting from those outside the company for the move, some ex-employees are praising the decision, citing abuse, slacking off, and general 'unavailability' of folks working from home."
Re:I can slack off anywhere (Score:5, Informative)
Supposedly they also had an SSH gateway that employees could use instead of VPN.
Re:I can slack off anywhere (Score:4, Informative)
W. Edwards Deming said it best: "You get what you measure." He didn't quite mean it in this context, but if employees know what metrics are being tracked to determine their performance, they will, of course, adjust their working behavior to pump up said metrics. The key is developing those metrics that will actually ensure work is getting done, which is never a simple matter of tracking data over a network, or a number of logins to a VPN.