When Yahoo relayed to its employees on Friday that they could no longer work remotely, one of the reasons given was that "speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home."
It may seem logical – the internal Yahoo memo leaked to The Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD.com said that some of the "best decisions and insights come from hallway and cafeteria discussions" – but workplace experts say that may not be true.
"Telecommuting is associated with significantly higher levels of job satisfaction, lower turnover intentions, reduced role stress, and higher supervisor-ratings of job performance," said Washington State University psychology professor Tahira Probst via email.