{"id":739789,"date":"2013-02-27T19:17:19","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T00:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=615219"},"modified":"2013-02-27T19:17:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T00:17:19","slug":"right-or-wrong-yahoo-is-the-talk-of-the-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/739789","title":{"rendered":"Right or wrong, Yahoo is the talk of the town"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marissa Mayer is not shy about making changes to make sure Yahoo gets its groove back. I am in the “not buying it” camp because I don’t think it is easy for tech companies, especially ones like Yahoo that have been eaten from<\/a> inside by a systematic rot. Still, she like the Greek god Sisyphus, she is trying to push the rock up the hill. <\/p>

Her moves, including buying new talent, are one way to graft new cells into the old cancerous host. And recently she put a kibosh on the company’s work-from-home policies and expects people to come to office nearest to them. The move has come under a lot of criticism. Many who have never<\/a> managed folks who work remotely have been quick to criticize Mayer’s decision. Our own Mathew Ingram too isn’t a fan of her decisions<\/a>. <\/p>

Now, I am a big, big fan of remote work. Remember, it has been something I have been talking about since 2004 and even started a blog dedicated to this cultural shift. GigaOM itself was a remote worker powered startup. So I totally understand the benefits and shortcomings of remote work. <\/p>

Still, I can understand why she is making such a move. She is trying to revitalize the company culture and it means bringing back the folks into the Yahoo offices. I don’t know if that will be enough to save the company from its actual fate, but in her attempts for cultural overhaul, it is a gamble worth taking.<\/p>

Also there is an upside of all this hand wringing — people are talking about Yahoo. When was the last time did you have people even talking about Yahoo other than the constant changes in the executive suite? <\/p>
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