A bunch had been said about Yahoo, more specifically Marissa Mayer, changing their policy on Remote workers. I am sure that it was done for reasons that made sense at the time but it is the wrong call.
I have worked remotely for almost 8 years now after working in an office for 8 years and I can say this, in most areas working remotely wins. This is especially true for software companies where we use online tools for collaboration.
From my perspective most people working remotely do longer hours and are hyper aware of making sure that they get their work done. If some people in Yahoo have not been doing their job then they should have been fired regardless of working remotely or not.
Making people come into an office sounds like a knee jerk reaction to me. Breaching contracts or at least promises in the process is just wrong.
Microsoft, Facebook and Google are just about to get some good employees and Yahoo deserves it.
John Selkirk 