Bans Charter task

Charter Communications closed to replace the acquisition of Time Warner Cable less than two months, but is already under way a more relaxed culture in the new unit.

In a memo to employees of corporate locations including New York office, the headquarters of Time Warner, was once Charter, based in St. Louis, a limited number of common practices in the acquired company as a whole. No more jeans in the office, no more work at home without the approval of top-level, and no early departure on Friday was slow.

The move is reminiscent of a controversy that erupted after a hard day, Marissa Mayer took over as CEO of Yahoo YHOO I in 2012 and banned the task for most employees. Some other companies followed Mayer, but most research in the workplace shows that the practice improves productivity.

"If you were or sometimes works from home and is assigned to the functions of the work in these commercial buildings, you begin to inform immediately their jobs every day," note Paul Marchand, Director resources human, says the Charter. "Any formal work of the host device must be approved by an Executive Vice President and his time-related criteria."

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The memorandum "corporate offices practices with the Charter aligned in their corporate websites," said a spokesman for the Charter. charter CHTR Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks purchased for $ 71000000000 in May and is already moving Spectrum Brands acquired with your brand to replace. The review of the Charter was not the first angry letter to the former employee of Time Warner sent. His former CEO Rob Marcus apologized excessive demands on the employees in a memo for making it the company with a market share of about $ 92 left millions.

The new note previously reported by Multichannel News.

The new note of the Charter also prohibits jeans at work without approval from an Executive Vice President. "We offer a harmonized political work clothes in the coming months, but unless approved by an executive vice president of a ministry and specific location, jeans are not considered professional attire" Mercante wrote. "In anticipation of the policy, if you have any doubts about whether your computer is adequate, no better use."

Time Warner employees were long hours in the early summer weeks allowed to work to leave early on Friday. The new note prohibits so-called summer hours.

"The problems of perception and a different standard for the employees" corporate "are not consistent with the values ​​that we want the much wider base employees regularly work shifts during the day, night and weekend project" Mercante wrote.