In the most notorious HR memo of all time, Yahoo announced the end of full-time teleworking at her organisation. What else are they cracking down on?
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In what is perhaps the most notorious HR memo of all time, Yahoo!’s HR director Jackie Reses announced the end of full-time teleworking at her organisation. The memo, reportedly leaked by numerous disgruntled employees, has ignited hyperbolised expressions of outrage on the part of those who see it as an archaic and authoritarian move.
Some of the most rational commentary came from Alison Green, the writer behind the addictive ‘Ask a Manager’ blog, in a post entitled “Stop freaking out over Yahoo’s teleworking announcement”. Green pointed out that the policy wasn’t working and that it was an unusual one amongst Silicon Valley tech companies.
Most interestingly, perhaps, she observed that the commentary has been marred by a gratuitous focus on Marissa Mayer herself. “It’s not exactly a feminist viewpoint to assess Mayer’s decisions as a woman first and a CEO second. So thanks for that, Internet,” she wrote.
On the other hand, the funniest commentary has come from a Twitter parody that mocks the perceived ‘hard-line’ nature of the decision, and Mayer’s approach. The account, ‘Yahoo! HR’ (@_YahooHR), is quickly gaining followers for its amusingly draconian edicts addressed to imaginary Yahoos.
Here are some of the best examples:
