[wesd]

>Cutting off the ability to work remotely, which is how most people who cannot afford child care manage small children

I haven't seen anyone who can look after a small child and work at the same time. Either you're working or looking after the child.

On the other hand if your argument is that Yahoo should have offered discounted childcare on onsite that Marissa received, then your argument makes perfect sense.

[AdmiralAsshat]

I don't agree, particularly for a developer role. I've known developers who worked remotely specifically for this reason, that they could not afford daycare. Developers tend to be tracked more based on hours logged into a project than being in one's desk from 9-5, so the general concensus was that if they punched in their 40 hours and met deadlines, no one really cared where those 40 hours came from.