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

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

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Post by yarou »

binarysolo wrote: post #69
sillysaurus3 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you could create jobs and had the right motivation and ability to do so, you wouldn't be filling a job. Haha... I'm happy you believe this. No sarcasm; it just made me wish that I still did. In this world, merit is judged by more than ability. Motive, if not aimed perfectly, is a burden that will decrease your chances, not increase them. Background is so important. My family was totally broken, like one hundred pe…

Can totally understand where you're coming from, but finding and recognizing your agency amidst all the mess and noise is kinda the beautiful thing about life. The journey sucks a lot, but at the end of the day that's all we got, not the different destinations we traverse to and from.

Some roads are plated in gold, but others are broken and run down.

It's easy to have your sentiment when your road is the former and not the latter.

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

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Post by aylmao »

yeukhon wrote: post #35

Yahoo needs to kill off half of their products and just focus on four things: * news (finance & sports) * Search & Portal (that's where they make $$$) * YMail (because there are still millions of users) * fantasy sports and extend it. Spin off Tumblr and Flickr into a startup focus on content and high-quality photo source (TBH there is very little quality content on Tumblr and the attraction / hype is gone - speaking…

Disagree about Tumblr.

A year ago it was still the fastest growing social platform, and it still proves to be (especially in 2015) the big source of viral internet content.

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

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Post by pcardh0 »

ec109685 wrote: post #73
bruceb wrote: post #60

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I have accounts on the 3 main providers Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail. Which gives me the most trouble? Yahoo Mail. When Mayer became CEO she told employees to start using Yahoo Mail. I wonder how many are actually doing so. I would think if they were actually using it the product would now have less glitches.

All of them.

That is correct, everyone at Yahoo uses yahoo mail

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

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Post by ugh123 »

codyguy wrote: post #80

They could have been serious contender in semantic search. I remember trying to reach out to some yahoos regarding an ambitious, yet serious proposal on semantic search using ThatNeedle.com. we could have made an impact. I could not get to the right audience even for a demo or a proposal. I guess they have too many silos built on top of an ivory tower. Nonetheless, it would be sad to see them fade away.

You mean you tried to peddle your startup (for acquisition likely) to them and you couldn't get your foot in the door? And that could have made them a "contender"? Please

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

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Post by TheLogothete »

namelezz wrote: post #54
jkot wrote: post #24

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I think the question is not if CEO is good, but if CEO is worth her/his salary.

I wonder the same thing. Why do CEOs get paid too much?

Let me ask you a question. When you don't know how to proceed in your job what do you do?

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

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Post by TheLogothete »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #20
Alupis wrote: post #16

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> It's only the people who did the work and made the stuff who will be laid off. Well... what do you expect? You're either the job creator or the job filler. If you could create jobs and had the right motivation and ability to do so, you wouldn't be filling a job. > Their fault for not cultivating the right connections. And yes, knowing the right people is part of that game. And yes, sometimes the job creators must d…

If you could create jobs and had the right motivation and ability to do so, you wouldn't be filling a job. Haha... I'm happy you believe this. No sarcasm; it just made me wish that I still did. In this world, merit is judged by more than ability. Motive, if not aimed perfectly, is a burden that will decrease your chances, not increase them. Background is so important. My family was totally broken, like one hundred pe…

You are just like more to drown in self pity then do something for yourself. It's much more convenient. Much easier. I grew up same as you. Probably much worse. Hard work, perseverance and a lot of reflection helped me overcome the shortcomings you deem insurmountable.

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

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Post by sillysaurus3 »

TheLogothete wrote: post #86
sillysaurus3 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you could create jobs and had the right motivation and ability to do so, you wouldn't be filling a job. Haha... I'm happy you believe this. No sarcasm; it just made me wish that I still did. In this world, merit is judged by more than ability. Motive, if not aimed perfectly, is a burden that will decrease your chances, not increase them. Background is so important. My family was totally broken, like one hundred pe…

You are just like more to drown in self pity then do something for yourself. It's much more convenient. Much easier. I grew up same as you. Probably much worse. Hard work, perseverance and a lot of reflection helped me overcome the shortcomings you deem insurmountable.

Fuck off. You don't know anything about me or the horrors I grew up with, how hard I've worked, or a single thing about me. You and your kind are why it's so hard to go through life. You can't relate because you were not so unlucky.

This is the first and last time I have ever spoken to an HN member like this, and I say that not out of pretense, but to illustrate both the gravity and the finality of my background that no one will believe.

I sincerely hope it was all a fluke, and that I was really the only one in the world to go through all of that. It's not even worth trying to understand.

I'm glad you were able to have a happy life. Please enjoy it, and hug whoever makes it all worthwhile.

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

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Post by eru »

endtime wrote: post #68
namelezz wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder the same thing. Why do CEOs get paid too much?

No board wants to admit they have a below average CEO, so they all have to pay them above average, which of course raises the average.

Coincidentally, CEO pay has really started exploding after publishing it became mandatory.

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

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Post by brandon272 »

I've thought for some time that Yahoo! should have moved into the streaming video business, including emulating Netflix and producing original content on a subscription basis. In the very least it would have been a way to lure people to their website and get them to spend a lot more time within/adjacent to the Yahoo! ecosystem.

Come to think of it, I'm not even sure if Yahoo! has ever done anything video related. I wonder why?

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

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Post by thaumasiotes »

notacoward wrote: post #10
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.

    It is we who plowed the prairies; built the cities where they trade
    Dug the mines and built the workshops - endless miles of railroad laid
    Now we stand, outcast and starving, 'mid the wonders we have made
    But the union makes us strong
I don't really mean to express an opinion here, but I was struck by how closely the views (and even the rhetoric) corresponded. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity_Forever )
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