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Re: Yahoo employees: Get out now before the vultures descend

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Post by parfe » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 7:17 PM UTC

parfe wrote: post #11

brador wrote: post #4

With a fresh top level CEO, could Yahoo survive?

What would Yahoo have to do for you for it to get your business? http://everything.yahoo.com/ Take a look at all the services yahoo offers. Has anyone ever sent you a "Yahoo Video" link? I didn't even know it existed until just now. And the prominent video on the main page is "Jazz for Cows" which I can't get a direct link for to paste here . Yahoo only offers me the option to embed it. It's fun enough I want to send…

I'm thinking about Yahoo and getting angry. Why can't I get a Yahoo! Games platform app on my Android phone? They have an online community full of Chess, Go, and Scrabble players which means even the first person to pay $15 for the Yahoo! Games app has people to play with.

Full integration between the web and phone means I can always find someone to play chess against. But no, they decided to spend time offering up Yahoo! Weather for free.

Some exec must have sent out an internal memo mandating that no Project Manager develop anything that will make money.

Re: Yahoo employees: Get out now before the vultures descend

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Post by brador » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 7:17 PM UTC

parfe wrote: post #11

brador wrote: post #4

With a fresh top level CEO, could Yahoo survive?

What would Yahoo have to do for you for it to get your business? http://everything.yahoo.com/ Take a look at all the services yahoo offers. Has anyone ever sent you a "Yahoo Video" link? I didn't even know it existed until just now. And the prominent video on the main page is "Jazz for Cows" which I can't get a direct link for to paste here . Yahoo only offers me the option to embed it. It's fun enough I want to send…

I love the colors on Yahoo video! I too had never heard of their video offering. I think they have some good products, they have eyeballs, it's just a very poorly run company lacking direction.

I'd take that CEO position in a flash and I think I could turn it round.

Re: Yahoo employees: Get out now before the vultures descend

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Post by tdurden » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 7:17 PM UTC

czhiddy wrote: post #19

I'm curious - can someone explain to me how Yahoo still has a higher P/E ratio than say, Apple? For that matter, why is EBay's P/E higher than Google's?

Asian assets are a very large part of the 'P'

Re: Yahoo employees: Get out now before the vultures descend

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Post by simonbrown » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 7:18 PM UTC

parfe wrote: post #11

brador wrote: post #4

With a fresh top level CEO, could Yahoo survive?

What would Yahoo have to do for you for it to get your business? http://everything.yahoo.com/ Take a look at all the services yahoo offers. Has anyone ever sent you a "Yahoo Video" link? I didn't even know it existed until just now. And the prominent video on the main page is "Jazz for Cows" which I can't get a direct link for to paste here . Yahoo only offers me the option to embed it. It's fun enough I want to send…

> Yahoo only offers me the option to embed it.

Clicking the up arrow icon provides me a URL along with an embed link. Or you could just copy it from your browser's URL bar.

Re: Yahoo employees: Get out now before the vultures descend

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Post by wh-uws » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 7:19 PM UTC

uncertain wrote: post #17

pavel_lishin wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where would you relocate to? I'm assuming that if Yahoo gave you a good job offer, you'd be able to find other employment in the area without too much problem.

Santa Clara, CA. I'm just worried that if I move out there I'll be left hanging while I have expenses to keep up with.

Are you interviewing anywhere else?

You could probably use the off as leverage. Yahoo's engineering core is still well respected in the industry.

Everybody just knows that none of the people in charge have a clue as to what to do with all of that talent.

Re: Yahoo employees: Get out now before the vultures descend

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Post by Lewisham » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 7:19 PM UTC

uncertain wrote: post #17

pavel_lishin wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where would you relocate to? I'm assuming that if Yahoo gave you a good job offer, you'd be able to find other employment in the area without too much problem.

Santa Clara, CA. I'm just worried that if I move out there I'll be left hanging while I have expenses to keep up with.

Why not take the job, and then continue interviewing? I know it looks bad to leave a job early, but I think most people in the valley are aware of Yahoo's situation, so I wouldn't be too worried about how that'll be perceived.

Re: Yahoo employees: Get out now before the vultures descend

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Post by parfe » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 7:19 PM UTC

simonbrown wrote: post #24

parfe wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What would Yahoo have to do for you for it to get your business? http://everything.yahoo.com/ Take a look at all the services yahoo offers. Has anyone ever sent you a "Yahoo Video" link? I didn't even know it existed until just now. And the prominent video on the main page is "Jazz for Cows" which I can't get a direct link for to paste here . Yahoo only offers me the option to embed it. It's fun enough I want to send…

> Yahoo only offers me the option to embed it. Clicking the up arrow icon provides me a URL along with an embed link. Or you could just copy it from your browser's URL bar.

It appears that the promoted/lead video displayed at http://video.yahoo.com does NOT have a link field in the up arrow menu.

Once you find a video's specific page the same video has a link available. At least on ubuntu with flash 11,0,1,129 installed.

Re: Yahoo employees: Get out now before the vultures descend

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Post by cHalgan » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 7:20 PM UTC

If Yahoo! is acquired by AOL, then I think there might be some bright future for Yahoo! and for AOL.

For example, they could focus on Yahoo! Finance to be the place for investment, stocks info on internet.

In order words, it is too early to predict whether Yahoo! will be sold to PE firms.

EDIT: Stupid comment: AOL is way smaller than Yahoo!

Re: Yahoo employees: Get out now before the vultures descend

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Post by yangtheman » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 7:25 PM UTC

bryanlarsen wrote: post #12

If vultures are descending, I would think it would be better to wait. The bidding war will temporarily bump up your stock price & options, giving you a better time to sell them. Then the vultures will offer buy-outs to encourage employees to leave. I doubt the vultures will be overly generous in their buy-outs but it can still amount to a substantial amount of cash if you've been there a while.

Why buy-outs? If I were looking for cutting costs, I would just lay them off.

Re: Yahoo employees: Get out now before the vultures descend

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Post by uncertain » Fri, Sep 16, 2011, 7:26 PM UTC

Lewisham wrote: post #26

uncertain wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Santa Clara, CA. I'm just worried that if I move out there I'll be left hanging while I have expenses to keep up with.

Why not take the job, and then continue interviewing? I know it looks bad to leave a job early, but I think most people in the valley are aware of Yahoo's situation, so I wouldn't be too worried about how that'll be perceived.

I really would rather avoid this option. I'm not worried that it'll make me look bad to other employers, but how it will reflect on the team that I was signed up for.