That might have been a machete approach to a problem more appropriate for a few dozen scalpels.<p>Maybe Yahoo didn&#x27;t have time to sort through all those cases, but it shouldn&#x27;t be surprised that:<p>1. Yahoo might have pushed out many people who didn&#x27;t deserve it. Many of them are working parents and perhaps people with disabilities.<p>2. Yahoo might have pushed out &quot;cheaters&quot; without really telling them why, leaving them disgruntled about work-from-home policies instead of embarrassed that they were caught not doing their jobs.<p>3. Yahoo singled out a certain category of &quot;cheaters&quot; unfairly. I&#x27;ll bet $5000 that there were at least twenty always-at-their-desks Yahoo employees who &quot;wasted&quot; a significant amount of time on HN, facebook, reddit, Yahoo video, or just talking about hobbies and sports with coworkers. Taking the ax to at-home slackers and ignoring the general slacker problem is slightly unfair. It doesn&#x27;t project communication and transparency; it teaches employees to hide their routine from their bosses as much as possible.