Best Buy Follows Yahoo in Banning Remote Work

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 5, 2013 @10:47AM from the no-retailing-from-your-garage dept.

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."

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Re:Terrible move by a dying entity by MrEricSir · 2013-03-05 10:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Are you referring to Best Buy or Yahoo?

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Re:Terrible move by a dying entity by afidel · 2013-03-05 11:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Yes

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Re:What firestorm by c · 2013-03-05 11:23 · Score: 5, Funny

If that's not her giving her workforce the finger then I don't know what is.
She was at Google for a long time. Probably has a heck of a lot of pent up Evil she needs to burn off...

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