I've said it before and I'll say this again: Kara Swisher needs to openly admit she has a serious grudge against Yahoo.
I've heard this. What's the history / backstory?
Mayer Declares That It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time at Yahoo
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#22Honestly one of the more impenetrable articles I've read lately. Just not very clear or well written. I'm not even entirely sure there is anything news worthy here. Just some dire need on Swisher's part to make a connection between PB and J and the famous peanut butter memo. That's not enough to justify an article.
It's like the article-writing style at The Onion: the (amazing) headline comes first, and the actual content, if any, comes after.
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#23Honestly one of the more impenetrable articles I've read lately. Just not very clear or well written. I'm not even entirely sure there is anything news worthy here. Just some dire need on Swisher's part to make a connection between PB and J and the famous peanut butter memo. That's not enough to justify an article.
And then in the first line they refer to it as the Peanut memo. That doesn't even work as an analogy.
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#24Asking people for their thoughts is a great way to get only as much real feedback as people think they're allowed to say without being at risk for losing their jobs.
A real question would be "What do you have to do against company policy in order to get your job done?"
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#25I've said it before and I'll say this again: Kara Swisher needs to openly admit she has a serious grudge against Yahoo.
It's on her ethics page on the site. She is married to a Google exec.
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#26How did this not happen before? Was it not obvious to previous CEOs that this level of bureaucracy was a problem?
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#27Wondered why they were calling her "Sweet Mayer". The title was "Sweet! Mayer... "
And in the title tag the exclamation point is replaced with a question mark.
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#28Can someone explain the parking barrier and turnstile changes for me in more detail? I don't get it.
"turning off the turnstiles in building D". Building D traditionally has held the HR Department. I may be reading in too much but I think she's put a halt to the practice of firing a full-time employee and then hiring them back as a contractor or FTE again with a higher salary. As for the parking barriers, I'd just be guessing. It could be unlocking gates or it could be removing assigned spaces.
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#29Can someone explain the parking barrier and turnstile changes for me in more detail? I don't get it.
Based on the way the article is phrased, it sounds like removing these makes things feel simpler and less bureaucratic.
In more details: not having a parking barrier means you can just drive in the lot without stopping your car, opening your window, scanning your badge, putting your badge away, starting your car again just to stop just after in a spot. I don't know where Yahoo! HQs are but I'm guessing they are little use to check who is parking on their lot. So what does that change for employees? It removes one useless step in your morning routine.
Turnstiles are similar. Turnstiles are a bit uncomfortable and unnatural. If you can remove them, it just simpler. I doubt they just let anyone in, but you can put a couple of security people, a badge scanner and you're good to go. I know Facebook has something where you just badge and walks through without having to push a hard metal bar with your leg, hoping it won't catch your gym bag.
I'm skipping the steps because you stopped too far from the scanner
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