Telecommuting's downside is decreased collaboration

By John Agsalud

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 05, 2013

~~<p>Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer recently announced that she was eliminating telecommuting as an option for more than 11,500 of her underlings. Many in the industry question her motives. After all, telecommuting technology is beyond mature. The fact remains however, that many organizations, large and small, wrestle with this issue. Should telecommuting be allowed, and if so, to what degree?</p>
<p>To many the Mayer announcement really came as no big surprise. At Google, where Mayer made her bones, telecommuting is frowned upon. In fact, Google goes the other way and provides many on-site perks to keep employees happy while they are in the office. Even though tech behemoths like Google and now Yahoo look down on telecommuting, many other organizations, both high-tech and traditional, continue to promote the concept of working remotely.</p>
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer recently announced that she was eliminating telecommuting as an option for more than 11,500 of her underlings. Many in the industry question her motives. After all, telecommuting technology is beyond mature. The fact remains however, that many organizations, large and small, wrestle with this issue. Should telecommuting be allowed, and if so, to what degree?

To many the Mayer announcement really came as no big surprise. At Google, where Mayer made her bones, telecommuting is frowned upon. In fact, Google goes the other way and provides many on-site perks to keep employees happy while they are in the office. Even though tech behemoths like Google and now Yahoo look down on telecommuting, many other organizations, both high-tech and traditional, continue to promote the concept of working remotely. Login for more...