Yahoo was a bit of a different case actually. I believe that the real reason that the 'call to the office' was done was to eliminate headcount without the incurring layoff costs. Yahoo has had lingerers for years and needed to cut those costs and regain organizational control. Consultants under staff, under managers under managers - all offsite, with very little control. Offsite works when the staff is effectively motivated, controlled, and manageable. And, frankly, I agree with her approach; she has to save that business or *everyone* is out of work. Wait a year - they'll get back to a more conservative remote blend.
And, offsite is not for everyone. Personally, my client gets far far more from me when I am remote. Even when I am done for the day, I leave the laptop open on the counter. If I walk by and see a new email, I'll peek. If I need to respond, I will. When I drive an hour to work, and an hour home, when I close that laptop and slide it into my backpack, there it stays. Pete On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Ken Etter <[email protected]> wrote: > Clarification - the negotiation to work from home one day a week was with > a previous employer. My current job has been 100% remote from the start.. > > > ________________________________ > From: Ken Etter <[email protected]> > To: Toni Gagliardi <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 12:47 PM > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] <MISC> I don't understand > > > > > Toni and EDI-L group, > > I've read the other responses.. With the cost of doing business and > having a person physically sit in a chair in some office (think of cost per > seat or chair mentaility), (eventually) the old adage, "I have to see that > employee to know they are working", will drive a lot of companies to > rethink their strategy with most employees, but especially IT. > > For the most part, yes managers who require employees to be onsite have > had bad experiences or perhaps still old school and want to see their > employees for a number of reasons. But then again, look at what Yahoo CEO > did - brought EVERYONE in with the attitude, if you don't like, go find a > job somewhere else. The justification was having all the teams together > would build synergy and promote collaboration between teams and business > units. I expect that may not last long since again, office space is a > growing commodity, but when the order comes down from the CEO, who knows. > Yahoo has some significant enterprise and financial issues to worry about > and losing a few key people may drive some reconsideration of this new > policy. > > Two things: > 1. You can try to negotiate with your current employee to start out one > day a week at home (very helpful to also build trust with a cautious > manager. I did that but I did the math and had a written plan that > benefited both the employer and myself. Not having to drive in to the > company one day a week, saved me 20% of gas cost and an hour on the road > round trip and I promoted/advertised it as a mini pay raise for myself. I > also identified the benefits to the employer such as I was already > providing off-hour support, ability to start earlier on the day I was > working from home, etc. > > 2. Keep on searching. I get probably 1-2 remote opportunities a week > through LinkedIn and that's not considering what's on the various job > boards like Monster, Careerbuilder and especially Dice, which I'm currently > not searching (very happy in my own remote job). Best bet is to set up > search agent wtih key words "EDI Remote" and have some patience either with > your current job or with your job search. > > Thanks, > > Ken > [email protected] > > ________________________________ > From: Toni Gagliardi <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 8:48 PM > Subject: [EDI-L] <MISC> I don't understand > > > > Hi all, > > Can someone explain something to me. There are a few companies that have > openings and they pass up on a extremely qualified person because they say > the job has to be on-site. > > I've worked successfully remotely for the past 6 1/2 years and am having > trouble finding a new contract. In this day and age, for the right person, > there isn't a need to be in the office. I recently came off a contract that > I had for 2 1/2 years. The company wanted to hire me but ran into budget > problems. > > Companies usually get more bank for their buck when I work remotely then > if I had to go into an office. If I wake up in the morning not feeling > well, I would call in sick instead of driving to work. When I work from > home, I take a aspirin and I good to go in about an hour. Also at night or > on the weekends if I'm bored I work and don't charge the company for the > time. > > I just don't get it, is it a control thing? > > Toni > > ------------------------------------ > > ... > Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: > <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> > > Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: > <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a > prefix.Yahoo! 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