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Best Buy Follows Yahoo in Banning Remote Work
bednarz writes "Is telecommuting the new scapegoat for poor performance? Best Buy, in the midst of a corporate restructuring, has canceled its flexible work program and expects corporate employees to put in traditional 40-hour work weeks at the retailer's headquarters (they used to be able to work whenever and wherever they wanted). The announcement comes on the heels of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's decision to end telecommuting, which ignited a firestorm of criticism. It also follows news of Best Buy's plans to lay off 400 corporate workers as part of a plan to cut $725 million in costs and restructure its business. This could signal the beginning of a trend, or be an indication that telecommuters need to actively justify their preference for working outside the office."
Are you referring to Best Buy or Yahoo?
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Agreed. Best Buy is circling the drain. I imagine the reason they are asking folks to come in to the corporate headquarters is because they have to see them in person to lay them off.
I thought the "in" thing these days was to lay people off by email or SMS. Right before Christmas.
Seems the tape was red long before they settled on the color.
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She was at Google for a long time. Probably has a heck of a lot of pent up Evil she needs to burn off...
Log in or piss off.
The didn't implement subfolders because they were slacking at home!
But now that they will be forced to work at their HQ, no user will ever complain anymore!
If the peons are so smart, why didn't they have their parents pay them through business school, like I did?
It's laziness like that that keeps them from making something of themselves; but at least it justifies how much more money I make...