That might have been a machete approach to a problem more appropriate for a few dozen scalpels. Maybe Yahoo didn't have time to sort through all those cases, b

That might have been a machete approach to a problem more appropriate for a few dozen scalpels. Maybe Yahoo didn't have time to sort through all those cases, but it shouldn't be surprised that: 1. Yahoo might have pushed out many people who didn't deserve it. Many of them are working parents and perhaps people with disabilities. 2. Yahoo might have pushed out "cheaters" without really telling them why, leaving them disgruntled about work-from-home policies instead of embarrassed that they were caught not doing their jobs. 3. Yahoo singled out a certain category of "cheaters" unfairly. I'll bet $5000 that there were at least twenty always-at-their-desks Yahoo employees who "wasted" a significant amount of time on HN, facebook, reddit, Yahoo video, or just talking about hobbies and sports with coworkers. Taking the ax to at-home slackers and ignoring the general slacker problem is slightly unfair. It doesn't project communication and transparency; it teaches employees to hide their routine from their bosses as much as possible.