Change. We generally don’t like it.
Consider Twitter. Right now, Jack Dorsey has rearranged (OK. replaced) most of the executives in his firm. Of course, Twitter is being blamed for not growing new users. Even though it’s revenue is up- by 48%, I might add.
I am tired of hearing that Marissa Mayer made a mistake. For those of you who live under a rock, she’s the head of Yahoo that was hired to turn the company around. And, when she came off her maternity leave, she decreed that working from home is not in Yahoo’s best interest. Her ostensible reasons? Yahoo needs to move quickly, it needs to focus on collaboration and communication. And, in her mind, that means working remotely full-time doesn’t work. That also means that some of the Yahoo employees are going to have to move- or quit. 
Immediately, many folks (in and out of the company) began complaining, citing that there is data that folks are more productive when working from home. That folks need to balance life and work- and this move does not fit that model. Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson, the creators of ROWE (Results Only Work Environment), took tremendous umbrage at Ms. Mayer’s approach. Their site posted this letter… Continue reading Telecommuting?
Times have changed. It used to be that our company had two keys to the post office box. One was held by Harry Thornton (A’H), who picked up our mail each day (and cleaned up our offices and did odd jobs) and the other sat in my locked desk drawer. The keys to my desk drawer were on my key ring and in the safe. Simple.
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