New Delhi, May 18 -- Sridhar Vembu has said Zoho will not broaden its work-from-home policy after internal discussions found that in-person collaboration delivers stronger results for research and development teams. The remarks came after the company reviewed its workplace approach following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to reduce fuel consumption and avoid unnecessary travel amid rising global crude oil prices.

"Ultimately, after a lot of people inside weighed in on my X post, we decided not to expand WFH because the productivity of face to face problem solving is much higher in R&D. I have experienced this in my own development team - issues take longer to resolve when you are not meeting the people involved in solving the prob...