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Marissa Mayers decision to end Yahoos remote work program has ignited a debate about the benefits and pitfalls of letting people work from home. Now, Best Buy, another struggling giant, is following suit. The Star Tribune reports that the company announced Monday that they were ending their Results Only Work Environment program (ROWE) where employees were evaluated only on results rather than time worked. Corporate employees could work when and wherever they wanted, as long as the job got done. Now, Thomas Lee reports, the majority of workers will be required to work a standard 40 hour week, though managers have discretion to allow certain exceptions. The policy applied only to corporate staff, not store employees. Like at Yahoo, theres a new CEO in town, Hubert Joly, who is under immense pressure to turn the company around and reform a dysfunctional culture. Though the timing will inevitably connect Mayer and Joly, the move looks like it has been in the works for some time. Joly told ... More

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