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Desk v/s couch

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami
Mar 09, 2013 07:40 PM IST

As Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer orders her employees back into the office, it’s time to ask if working from home really works. I am writing this column from my living room sofa, my feet perched on the ottoman opposite. In the next room, I can hear the electrician fixing the lights that fused this morning. Delicious cooking smells are wafting from the kitchen.

I am writing this column from my living room sofa, my feet perched on the ottoman opposite. In the next room, I can hear the electrician fixing the lights that fused this morning. Delicious cooking smells are wafting from the kitchen. And the TV is on in the den, the sound muted, so that I can pop in once in a while and check the score.

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Clock in or clock out: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer created a bit of a storm when she sent out a memo that employees could no longer work from home.
Clock in or clock out: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer created a bit of a storm when she sent out a memo that employees could no longer work from home.
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