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I think that's an oversimplification. 200 people were full time work-at-home, probably out of the area. I imagine many people at Yahoo live in the area and have an office, and just choose to work from home some days. They aren't full time work-at-home, but they are definitely affected by this edict.

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That's what I thought. I believe the actual number the number to be higher.

I took it from the linked article-

But for the most part, those employees said, those concerns have been eased by managers who assured them that the real targets of Yahoo’s memo were the approximately 200 employees who work from home full time.

Right, that's what Yahoo is saying now. It would be interesting to hear if there were a lot of people working from home a couple of days a week, or if that was forbidden before the new policy. Because if this really only affects 200 people... why does it even matter much to Yahoo matter whether they do it or not?

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