Can other companies go the Yahoo way?
As I write this blog, my three-year-old in the adjoining room is busy playing with dinosaurs. He has my domestic help for company and they are cooking up a story with dinky cars and dinosaur models. In the meantime, I can go check my refrigerator and figure out what the family can have for dinner.
This blog has been cooking in my mind for the last few days. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's diktat earlier this week came as a huge shock to many of us. By now, some have called it her big mistake, while some companies in India reportedly have said they may follow suit. It's led to debates about whether telecommuting is detrimental to innovation, speed, and quality.
"Flexi-time is a utopian concept that is not going to help anyone," K Ramkumar, executive director at ICICI Bank, said in a recent news report published in The Economic Times.
