Yahoo planning 10% layoffs as early as this month, report says

investors who bought YHOO just to wait the Ali baba sale would love the company cut 500mi/year over year in salaries (or disinvest on products?) so when the dismantling finally comes the pie slices are bigger.

Re: Yahoo planning 10% layoffs as early as this month, report says

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Post by gcb0 » Fri, Jan 08, 2016, 1:34 AM UTC

iofj wrote: post #2

That's the second time : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/04/yahoo-layoffs-2000-...

second? how quaint...

every single CEO did that. some every year.

mayer did her's in small installments to not show up in the media. but still got the same cut at the end.

i think it's some textbook the board have

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Post by vonklaus » Fri, Jan 08, 2016, 1:45 AM UTC

alexandrerond wrote: post #5

hkmurakami wrote: post #3

Preparing for a sale of their "internet business" perhaps.

When Nokia sold the Devices division to Microsoft it did the opposite, did not fire anyone, and let the new owner take care of it...

Nokia, in many ways, was the pioneer of SaaS. They developed a globally recognized product that would become both the iconic application associated with early cellphone applications and paved the way for a globally distributed market for mobile gaming.

However, as time went on while using the product, it became increasingly difficult to find room to move horizontally as well as vertically within the space. Ultimately, continually completing objectives made it more difficult to pivot.

Inevitably, their SaaS product became frustrating and deprecated and the marginal utility diminished. With a lack of new offerings Nokia was forced out of the market it created (Snake as a Service) and we were forced to go back to playing the helicopter game on the bewest RIM blackberry.

Re: Yahoo planning 10% layoffs as early as this month, report says

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Post by Esau » Fri, Jan 08, 2016, 1:54 AM UTC

Don't worry people; I am sure the CEO will be okay.

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Post by notacoward » Fri, Jan 08, 2016, 1:59 AM UTC

Esau wrote: post #9

Don't worry people; I am sure the CEO will be okay.

Yeah, all the "wealth creators" at the top will do fine. It's only the people who did the work and made the stuff who will be laid off. Their fault for not cultivating the right connections.