ROWE in the press

Do You Hate Your Job?

ROWE is a breath of fresh air.

Good Morning America
June 3, 2008

Work Sucks! How One Company Aims To Fix It

Hours don’t matter. Outcomes is how they are measured.

WCCO
June 2, 2008

Looking Only for Results

With the holidays right around the corner, Best Buy is hawking a storeful of digital stocking stuffers. But it has something else on special: worker satisfaction. At corporate headquarters near Minneapolis, Best Buy is editing the word “schedule” from its vocabulary.

National Public Radio Marketplace
December 11, 2006

How to Kill Meetings

ROWE fans say the program, and especially its 'every meeting is optional' credo, has acted like a giant suction machine, taking the wasteful meetings and meaningless tasks out of the system. They also say it quickly outs underperformers.

BusinessWeek Magazine Online Extra
December 11, 2006

Best Buy's Newest Product: Worker Satisfaction

The key paradigm shift [in ROWE] is -- you're not at home. You're not at work. You're on the planet," says Jeff Robles [a Best Buy employee in a ROWE].

Minnesota Public Radio
December 11, 2006

Working 24/7

In 2002, after a jump in people quitting and filing stress-related health claims, Best Buy launched an experiment: employees would be allowed to work wherever and whenever they wanted, as long as they got their jobs done.

60 Minutes/CBS News
July 23, 2006

The Rise of the Results-Only Work Environment

Imagine a job arrangement where you have the power to come and go as you please, and to work wherever and whenever you like, as long as your work gets done well and your goals get accomplished. This is the proposition of the 'Results-Only Work Environment' (ROWE).

FM 107
June 3, 2006