Excellent article - and so true! This really creates a win-win scenario. The company gets 2 additional hours of work out of me every day since I don't have to battle the traffic to and from. And, my 10 hours of 'focused' work, sans chit-chat, offsite lunches, etc. often translates to about 12 "office hours" of work. All that, and I never feel stressed or burned out.

Cisco is a fantastic place to work because they walk the walk every day, expecting professional excellence while enabling a healthy work-life balance. As a result they enjoy an overwhelmingly loyal, happy workforce who is more than happy to go that extra mile. A lesson for Yahoo and others, perhaps?