What do you call the process by which an employer who offered flexible work arrangements to employees for years suddenly decides to retrograde flexibility?
Unflexing.
I decided to give it a name because it seems to be a small but growing trend in Corporate America. First Bank of America announced late last year it would be scaling back its flexible work arrangements; and just last week Yahoo threw its hat in the unflexing ring by sending out a memo to employees saying telecommuting is soon to be a perk of the past.
The memo was included in an All Things D article. Here’s an excerpt:
We need to be one Yahoo!, and that starts with physically being together.
Beginning in June, we’re asking all employees with work-from-home arrangements to work in Yahoo! offices.
It’s a disturbing trend that doesn’t seem to make a lot of business sense if (more…)
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