I have worked in the technology industry since 1988—starting at the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce and including the likes of the USPS, Stream International, XO Communications, FNF, Bank of America and Blockbuster Entertainment, many of them for whom I spent decades managing IT personnel.

Marissa Mayer thinks she’s above reproach—but she’s not.  Telecommuting isn’t Yahoo!’s problem.  Bad management is the problem, and that can’t be fixed by screwing real workers by taking away flexibility.

Telecommuting shows employees that they are valued, that work-life balance is important to a company, that workers deserve consideration from a company destined to keep more than they give.

Why isn’t Yahoo! willing to say “on the record” how often Mayer works from home now just weeks after giving birth to her first child?  Why are they willing to sacrifice benefits for their employees while not cutting back on her hundred-million-dollar-plus salary contract?

As with the rest of America’s class warfare, why are those who have so willing to take away from those who don’t have?

I’m sorry, Yahoo!, but this decision is a bad one.  Take that from someone who has more work, life and management experience than your CEO.