For me, I think this should receive more attention. You have a company that's trying to attract talent, but they pay market wages for you and me and anyone els

For me, I think this should receive more attention. You have a company that's trying to attract talent, but they pay market wages for you and me and anyone else. Then there are stories like this, where they outright throw money at some people whether it be to generate a huge story or to acquire a team and research contracts that weren't a part of the hyped story. Employees look at this and get jealous and rightfully so -- they are probably not super-long-timers with valuable equity. Why would they stick with a company that's throwing money around for things that don't appear to have a coherent vision nor that will likely improve the company overall? It feels like the no-telecommuting decision might've been short sighted in the same way. Sure, there might've been bad apples abusing the system, but to outright ban the practice would put a very bad taste in my mouth as an employee. I'm now quite curious about the morale at Yahoo.