[zhengyi13]

From what I recall of talking to a couple Yahoo employees at the time, they felt that Yahoo had a significant issue with tracking/accountability that was a large driver in the decision to roll those policies back and demand butts in seats.

[varispeed]

Tracking as in literally tracking where people are and what they do? Shouldn't they only be interested in outcomes? I'd hate to work with someone constantly looking over my shoulder.

[Salgat]

Which is a shame, because this is more a sign of manager/lead incompetence on how to measure productivity than anything else. When your most important metric is measuring how long an ass keeps a seat warm, you should think real hard about why that's a serious issue.