Yahoo! made waves earlier this week when the company’s CEO Marissa Mayer announced they  would no longer allow telecommuting, a process where employees don’t physically come to the office, but work from home or remotely.

When Mayer took over Yahoo! earlier last summer the company was—and still is—in a rough place. According to the human resources memo that announced the decision, the company hopes that forcing employees into their offices will foster greater relationships, communication, collaboration and creativity. There were also reports that current telecommuters were...