War in the workplace as high-powered female bosses decree that home working equals shirking.
The rise in modern technology liberated huge numbers of us from the tyranny of commuting, freeing up time to work flexible hours and combine raising a family with a decent job.
Home working for both sexes has risen exponentially over the past decade, but it’s taken a mum — albeit one with a million-pound salary — to stick her head over the parapet and say the unsayable: workers get more done at work.
Marissa Mayer, chief executive
of technology company Yahoo!, outraged the sisterhood — and alienated
her male employees — by issuing a dictat that from June, everyone must
come into the office.
The rise in modern technology liberated huge numbers of us from the tyranny of commuting, freeing up time to work flexible hours and combine raising a family with a decent job.
Home working for both sexes has risen exponentially over the past decade, but it’s taken a mum — albeit one with a million-pound salary — to stick her head over the parapet and say the unsayable: workers get more done at work.
One long lunch break: When working from home, it can be too easy to get distracted by TV and the internet