Mr. Erickson is reporting half of the story. Yes, Mrs. Meyer is ending the telecommute program at Yahoo! and there are legitimate business reasons for doing so. However, the same week she announced the end of the telecommute program, it was revealed she is building a private nursery at her office so her kid can be with her. It is the hypocrisy that is making people angry. Silicon Valley operates with very flat corporate cultures and not much difference in perks from top to bottom. This really runs counter to the ethos of the valley and wasn’t a smart move on her part.
Rise to the level that Mrs. Meyers has and you can build your own in-office nursery.
Life ain’t always fair and trying to make it so generally ends up screwing everybody.
That is correct. Leave it to Erick to miss the elephant in the room.