TELECOMMUTING
Employees belong in the cities, not only in cubicles
- Published: 9 Mar 2013 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Business
Critics of Yahoo! Inc's recent ban on telecommuting say the policy will hurt productivity, while supporters say that making employees come into the office will help the struggling company.
A group of Yahoo! Inc employees work in a lounge area at the company headquarters. Yahoo management’s recent ban on telecommuting has raised debates about its pros and cons. AP
But the decision, issued by Marissa Mayer, the chief executive officer, makes a larger point: Technological progress makes face-to-face contact more, not less, important. A complicated world needs personal interactions, and the cities that enable those interactions, to promote innovation.
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