tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420229983156320169.post3047716727568618197..comments2023-03-30T18:59:28.668+05:30Comments on Aquatic Static: Carl & Marissa: Some Thought ExperimentsAquatic Statichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13012433579722596255noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420229983156320169.post-42362402478869002832013-03-12T15:20:58.330+05:302013-03-12T15:20:58.330+05:30You inspired me to pen my own thoughts on this:
ht...You inspired me to pen my own thoughts on this:<br />http://gargimehra.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/marissa-mayer-and-the-wfh-policy/Gargi Mehrahttp://gargimehra.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420229983156320169.post-89242415305716333602013-03-07T23:16:55.767+05:302013-03-07T23:16:55.767+05:30what an incredible answer. Being an adult is the s...what an incredible answer. Being an adult is the simple and most effective answer to this question. and I feel we're doing a disservice to those men who go out of their way to support a family participating both financially and taking care of the family. Loeufnoirhttp://loeufnoir.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420229983156320169.post-63808699091906427752013-03-05T11:58:55.467+05:302013-03-05T11:58:55.467+05:30It has become a woman-centric debate simply becaus...It has become a woman-centric debate simply because the facility is more useful to mothers. Being a mother myself, I highly value it – it saves my life on the occasions like rationalsurd has mentioned below! I don’t think that any of the fathers or even single people who have taken advantage of WFH want it to go away any time soon. Gargi Mehrahttp://gargimehra.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420229983156320169.post-50410366505763819572013-03-03T02:19:30.676+05:302013-03-03T02:19:30.676+05:30As a working mother, working from home saves my li...As a working mother, working from home saves my life every single day. I'm not striving to have it all. I'm just trying to be an adult with a job that challenges my mind, at the same time as being with my growing child who needs my physical presence from the moment he gets home. My team is global, as I imagine is the case with most of Yahoo, so it's stupid to think that having to haul my sorry ass to office everyday, spending 2 hours each way doing it, is going to make me more productive. WFH makes me grateful every single day to my company.zilch22https://www.blogger.com/profile/13287856245748386121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420229983156320169.post-17582345378642679012013-03-03T01:59:49.119+05:302013-03-03T01:59:49.119+05:30From my experience, I think it does draw in both s...From my experience, I think it does draw in both sexes. <br />I for one prefer to wfh once in a while, and luckily my current manager has no issues with it (well, so far). I usually wfh in the following circumstances - <br />1. As I wake up, sometimes I feel super-productive, open my laptop and start working on stuff that mostly requires my inputs and very less interaction with someone else. I feel if I start getting ready for work and commuting, it would just dampen the initial burst of energy. So I work for a few hours, then go to office midday. But since I've been interacting with my colleagues over emails and chat, they know I'm in front of my computer and not slacking off. And then once in office, I can get to do all the work that really requires face-to-face interaction.<br />2. I have to run errands for home, pick or drop someone to a station, go to the bank for some work, etc. In such situations, I prefer to wfh since commuting for work would just use up time that could have been spent in other tasks which are equally important in my life.<br />And I'm not going for the "have it all" approach here, it's just that I feel I have to prioritize my life outside of work equally.<br />3. I stayed up late last night reading or watching something that interested me and just felt plain lazy to wake up and go to office on time. In such a situation, if my work is not acting as a bottleneck for someone else and is not very crucial (that is, it requires my inputs and I think I can meet the deadline in my own way), I request my manager for partial wfh. This way I don't have to necessarily wake up with the alarm clock and subsequently stay stifled during the day. It sometimes means I have to work late hours to cover up, but that is a choice I make and I'm fine with it.<br /><br />It's not just me, I have seen colleagues who are more motivated and engaged in their work if they are given this occasional flexibility. In a corporate structure, people are accountable for their work and they understand that under-performance is noticed sooner or later, and someone who wants to wfh should understand the pros and cons that come with it.<br /><br />Depending on the nature of the work, and how much of it requires individual effort and collaborative effort, offices should decide how much work from home is tolerable. I don't want to pick one out of home and office. If I feel I have to prioritize some work for home or personal life on a certain day, I'd like to have the flexibility to do so (of course, conditions apply). I don't know whether this means I want to "have it all" or not. I just want an opportunity to get the "work-life balance" that some companies are so fond of talking about. <br /><br />I haven't touched on the parenting aspect of it, simply because I cannot speak from experience on it, and the points I have mentioned above could apply to either a man or a woman.<br /><br />About the Yahoo news, I think going with the extreme on most(all?) things is usually not a good thing to do. A blanket ban on wfh doesn't sound good, more so when it's a company full of software people. My work involves a fair bit of coding, and I don't think I would have taken this decision well :) I think trying to strike the right balance is the key, but maybe since "balance" is subjective and depends from person to person, it can carry more overheads from a business perspective than creating rules that apply to everyone.rationalsurdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824078269962485768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420229983156320169.post-67788990444873907982013-03-01T20:18:30.181+05:302013-03-01T20:18:30.181+05:30Hi Gargi. Thank you for bringing in the parent per...Hi Gargi. Thank you for bringing in the parent perspective on all this.<br />How do you feel about this being a largely woman-centric debate rather than something that draws in both sexes? <br />Aquatic Statichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13012433579722596255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420229983156320169.post-50088547024549438532013-03-01T18:40:07.668+05:302013-03-01T18:40:07.668+05:30I work in a company that has a good WFH policy (sh...I work in a company that has a good WFH policy (short-term, long-term, with approval of manager etc), and it comes in extremely handy when required. I personally always prefer to work in the office, because with an overactive 5-year-old daughter at home, I don’t get as much work done as when I am in the office. Also, the assumption here is that the person working from home is actually working and not goofing off. If Marissa Mayer has stopped it across the board, then it will pose a serious problem for the mothers. I have a couple of mothers in my team who are working from home and doing a damn good job of it. So I wouldn’t want to discourage the policy but maybe control it better. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com