Yahoo employees: Get out now before the vultures descend

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Post by jfruh » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 6:00 PM UTC

Yahoo employees: Get out now before the vultures descend
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Post by wavephorm » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 6:36 PM UTC

I remember this type of Schadenfreude during the tech collapse in 2000. People seemed to just love hearing about other people losing their jobs. This editorial certainly has undertones of wanting to accelerate the collapse of Yahoo.

Be careful what you wish for.

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Post by jpdoctor » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 6:37 PM UTC

Anyone have a mirror or cache link?

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Post by brador » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 6:39 PM UTC

With a fresh top level CEO, could Yahoo survive?

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Post by vbtemp » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 6:43 PM UTC

I don't understand why Yahoo still exists (or at least why it still gets so much coverage). At this point it's just a cheap knockoff of everything google does. Has anyone ever used Yahoo mail? It's a POS, it's bloated, slow, prone to failure - and it doesn't even work on linux. Same thing for yahoo maps, news, search, etc. I just don't get it.

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Post by pork » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 6:44 PM UTC

vbtemp wrote: post #5

I don't understand why Yahoo still exists (or at least why it still gets so much coverage). At this point it's just a cheap knockoff of everything google does. Has anyone ever used Yahoo mail? It's a POS, it's bloated, slow, prone to failure - and it doesn't even work on linux. Same thing for yahoo maps, news, search, etc. I just don't get it.

A sinking ship still has momentum.

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Post by Hisoka » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 6:50 PM UTC

vbtemp wrote: post #5

I don't understand why Yahoo still exists (or at least why it still gets so much coverage). At this point it's just a cheap knockoff of everything google does. Has anyone ever used Yahoo mail? It's a POS, it's bloated, slow, prone to failure - and it doesn't even work on linux. Same thing for yahoo maps, news, search, etc. I just don't get it.

I don't get why investment banks exists. I don't get why casinos exist. I don't get why cigarette companies exist. I don't get why Fannie Mae exists.

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Post by Hisoka » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 6:50 PM UTC

Wouldn't it be wiser to wait until you see if you get fired, so you get the severance package? And if you don't, then get out?

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Post by jfarmer » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 6:51 PM UTC

vbtemp wrote: post #5

I don't understand why Yahoo still exists (or at least why it still gets so much coverage). At this point it's just a cheap knockoff of everything google does. Has anyone ever used Yahoo mail? It's a POS, it's bloated, slow, prone to failure - and it doesn't even work on linux. Same thing for yahoo maps, news, search, etc. I just don't get it.

In terms of usage, Hotmail is #1, Yahoo! Mail is #2, and Gmail is #3.

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Post by guestaccount09 » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 6:51 PM UTC

Commenting from a throw away account: I recently got an offer from Yahoo! I am pretty much new to this industry, stories like this makes me nervous :-(