Posted on 02/26/2013 10:31:10 AM PST by jimbo123
Last Friday, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer banned employees from working remotely.
Human resources boss Jackie Reses sent out a memo telling all remote employees that, by June, they needed to be working in Yahoo offices.
This upset many employees – mothers in particular.
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Mayer – who had a baby last fall – is a working mother, but she's able to bring her kid to work.
That's because when Mayer had her son last fall, she paid to have a nursery built in her office.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Working from home should be an option to have only when it is necessary. Like when your pipes break and you have to be there to meet the plumber.
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People should take their PTO to meet the plumber. That’s what it is for. How you getting any work done when the plumber has to ask you a bunch of questions?
There are jobs that require no presence in the office due to the nature of their work. Claims processors and service reps come to mind. All their work is on the phone and on the computer. Their boss is but an instant message away.
The person you described (the woman making 6 figures without anyone knowing what she does), that’s not a work from home issue, it’s a management issue, as in the manager is not holding the individual accountable.
I cared at the time because of the ruckus she created for everyone she worked with and that included me.
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Understood. You had a management issue. The person you speak of was enabled to behave as she did, and with no consequences, why would she do differently?
It was management’s responsibility to rein her in.
No, I’m one who fosters an atmosphere of teamwork, not the kind of individual politicking I saw in your first post. Folks like you, with your petty name calling, grandstanding, and trying to get ahead by making others look bad will run off good folks faster than anything.
Oh brother. You don’t know a goddamn thing about me.
Piss off.
>>I care. I would fire your butt in heartbeat for that kind of attitude. Beat it troll.<<
Methinks the lady doth protest too much.
I love it when I am 100% on target.
>>. Folks like you, with your petty name calling, grandstanding, and trying to get ahead by making others look bad will run off good folks faster than anything.<<
How DARE you be small, mean, petty, judgmental and jump to conclusions when I am being small, mean, petty, judgmental and jumping to conclusions!!!
You must be a peach of a boss. Always privately seething while holding hands and singing “all we are saying” with your buddies who you pretend to manage.
The guy’s an obvious A-hole. Jumps to conclusions at the drop of a hat. I’d hate to work for him (and I doubt very much he’s a manager). I bet he throws stuff at employees that tick him off, which is everybody, every day.
Doesn’t know me either. I’ve worked for the same Manager for about 15 years, the one before for about 6. I’ve been in the same department for over 20 years, same company about 30, so I rather doubt I’m considered a bad employee. Oh, and I telecommute a portion of every day (and I’m in the lab every day too). But I meet and exceed my goals every damned day, so my boss loves me because I keep the balls in the air 24/7. He’d never get that if I had to lock myself in the lab for eight hours a day.
You lose points for using “deliverables” as a noun.
Sorry but that’s what it is to me. Noun. I don’t think it’s even a word. But I swim in the corporate world. I’ve been known to “dialog” as well. And that a**hole upthread thinks I’m no good at this...should have my butt fired. For being productive.
>>. But I meet and exceed my goals every damned day, so my boss loves me because I keep the balls in the air 24/7<<
Yep — same here. And I can tell you know of what you speak and not just because you agree with me. I also have been a Manager — and a damned good one — and a well-liked and respected team colleague for 30+ years.
The reactions to my reaction have been interesting. I haven’t had time (I have been telecommuting all day on meetings and the like LOL) to really clarify my response.
When someone says something as stupid and ignorant as “no one should be allowed to telecommute” it has to be not just called out but done in as biting a way as possible. Would we let someone say “no one should be allowed to have their own cubicle!” (as was the call in the mid-80s when groups were put in a single room) without appropriate derision?
What I said was a public service and probably far too kind.
:)
>>. But I meet and exceed my goals every damned day, so my boss loves me because I keep the balls in the air 24/7<<
Amazing how many people confuse “work” with “produce.”
Anyone can put in hours. It is we few who actually create value.
You are exactly right.
I have worked from home now for 2 1/2 years (and 1 1/2 years a while before), mostly on contract work, and I have never been as productive as when I work from the house. I won’t take a position now unless I can do it remotely.
I get on-line before most people make it into the office, and get off after most have already gone for the day. I don’t necessarily work more hours, but I have more presence on the corporate network than most others, and am available faster when needed. I don’t have to drive anywhere, so I can get “there” earlier, and leave later.
In today’s out-sourced business environment, it really doesn’t matter where you are, as long as you have a network connection and a phone. I regularly have team conference calls/meetings with people globally (U.S. over all time zones; Western Europe; South America; India; etc.) as all the teams I have worked on in the last 12 or so years are not local to one location. It is highly inaccurate to say that you need to be in an office environment to develop a team. That is corporate-policy-speak, HR drivel; purely a micromangement thing. It is just another way to try and control all employees, without regard to whether or not it is appropriate or needed.
The people that screw off at home are the same people that spend 2-3 hours a day at the coffee machine/water cooler, or gossiping in someone else’s cube, and are always behind on their assignments. An inability to discipline oneself works the same at the office and at home. (Unfortunately, most of the people that I have seen that cannot work unsupervised at work or at home are of the “younger” generation of employees... coincidently, most are also liberals of the entitlement mindset...)
That’s cool, I’m just gently needling you. I’ve always thought that “corporate-speak” sounds silly. Don’t worry about other people, you’ll live a much longer and happier life if you don’t.
That is a most excellent “back to ground” post.
Sums up the life of a telecommuter perfectly. We’re the ghosts in the machine, always present, but virtually. We’re in before the rest, and we leave after the rest of them. Drives the poor guys who have to drive the one hour commute daily (each way) nutz. But we have to be firm at home. People we know think we’re just hanging around the house doing nothing because whenever they call, we’re “home.” Well, we’re not. We’re on the clock and producing.
I am fortunate because my parents always worked from the house. They know. I learned.
I am a research technician. Seems to require my presence in the lab, measuring stuff. But I found ways to automate the process, and now I can run the operation from my bed. (Turned out pretty handy when I was having a couple of hip replacements. That stung a bit.)
That’s why it ticks me off to have these “manage-by-walking-around” punks drop in and tell me all about how they’d “fire my butt” for being the kind of productive person I am. They don’t know dick about what kind of person I am. They are forever locked into a very limited world.
Cool. Let’s dialog sometime. After we right-size.
:^)
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