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# Yahoo: Punishing the Many for the Sins of the Few?
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/yahoo-punishing-the-many-for-the-sins-of-the-few/
- Published: 2013-02-27T18:49:21.000Z
- Updated: 2013-02-27T18:49:21.000Z
- Description: Why the one-size-fits-all policy doesn't work.
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Trends, BYOD, Yahoo!

![](https://i.imgur.com/bxnH9eK.jpg)

Looks like Marissa Mayer banned telecommuting at Yahoo! [armed with data from related to how employees were not logging in via the company's VPN](https://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section%5Fid=774&doc%5Fid=259668&ref=philsimon.com).

Kudos to Mayer for using data to make her decision, but data alone should never set company policy. I can't help but wonder if those employees legitimately working while not at Yahoo! headquarters now have to pay for the sins of slackers. And, as I've seen first-hand in my career, slackers will always find a way to slack off. That's what they do.

That goes double in an era of [BYOD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring%5Fyour%5Fown%5Fdevice?ref=philsimon.com) and constant connectivity.

Something tells me that Mayer will regret her decision.