Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's telecommuting ban wouldn't work for most Hub companies, and some have even been moving toward giving workers more autonomy, local tech executives told the Herald.
"Our culture here at HubSpot works really well when you have a group of people that achieve results when they're not monitored by Big Brother," said Mike Volpe, chief marketing officer at HubSpot, which doesn't even track employees' sick or vacation time. "Marissa doesn't have that at Yahoo."
HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan said this week that one drawback of his firm's policy is that workers at the Cambridge-based inbound marketing software company aren't taking enough time off.
Volpe said HubSpot has no plans to change its policies, adding happy workers and a flexible company culture are key factors to the firm's 82 percent revenue growth to nearly $53 million last year.
"As long as people are hitting their goals and delivering what they need to deliver, I could care less about the hours they work, or where they work, or how much vacation they're taking," he said.
But over on the West Coast, all Yahoo workers are being strongly urged to work at company offices starting in June, according to an internal memo. A spokesman for the technology giant added, "This isn't a broad industry view on working from home — this is about what is right for Yahoo right now."
Workplace management expert Holly G. Green said although Yahoo's change is likely being done with good intentions, workers will nonetheless perceive the new policy negatively.
"They would have been smart to expose what they were thinking as they made these decisions so maybe people would say, 'I get it and that makes sense,' " she said. "Instead, we assume this is about control, and that's not what you want employees thinking."
Diane Hessan, CEO of Boston-based Communispace, said 20 percent of her company's nearly 500-employee workforce takes advantage of some form of "flex time," whether it's working odd hours, on a reduced schedule or from home. All three have guidelines and require manager approval.
Hessan added that Yahoo risks losing employees.
"In our experience, what we've found is that giving people a chance to have a great career and work around the complexities and idiosyncrasies of their lives is a very, very powerful combination for people," she said. "If you structure it right, it pays off in unbelievable ways."
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