Marissa Mayer is right

I agree with you.

We have two separate views here on this; one is from the employee's point-of-view and another one would be from the company's point-of-view.

From the employee's point-of-view, especially for the remote workers, they have been working remotely and now suddenly a change in company policy which forces them to work in the office and that undoubtedly affects their lifestyle. Naturally, humans will resist change and we always look at home a changing scenario benefits ourselves rather than the larger picture. Sudden surge in cost of living due to the need to travel or to leave close-by definitely cannot be ignored.

On the other hand, the company would like to reform and revamp itself. In order to keep it on its feet to compete with existing Internet giants, it has to change itself from within. Fundamentally, in every company, the basic unit for it is its people. Employees must be engaged and the new company direction and culture being passed from top to bottom. Thus, the need to work in the same location together to engineer that environment. That will lead to growth from the inside out, which will contribute to the organic growth of Yahoo.

In my opinion, this stage is important to make Yahoo a force to be reckoned with. However, Yahoo can help to cushion this by at least providing some basic subsidies for the needy (in terms of travel allowances or living expenses - if applicable). Perhaps, that might decrease the resistance of the employees to work in its office.

If they want to talk they should invite the employes, talk looong about how they want to fix yahoo and let them do the work at home. The old management style "be productive now. 10 seconds left." don't work.