Comments on: Yahoo pink slips arrive

As expected, Yahoo lays off more than 1,000, but details are not disclosed.

[Lolo Gecko]

happy Valentine's day ...

oh, by the way, take a hike :(

[close5828]

Pity

I quit Earthlink a year before their big layoffs here in California. I can only imagine how 13,000+ people out of work is going to saturate the job market.

[thescale]

?

Reading comprehension, anyone?

[paulej]

Only Oracle... and now Yahoo?

Only Oracle would be so cold as to fire that many people...

Still, I do wonder why Yahoo felt it necessary to fire 1,100 people. Sure, stock price is down, but is that the only reason, or is it because this last quarter was far worse than others? Or, do they forcast upcoming quarters to be worse? (Sorry, I've not followed Yahoo's financials, but it always amazes me when a profitable company fires so many people.)

[Stating]

Depart Of Layoffs Has Been Laid Off

Will the last staffer please turn out the lights.

[fred dunn]

Yahoo would rather die than be bought....

That is just executive egos at play and now 1000 employees have to pay for their egos.

[b_baggins]

Sigh.

Our most expensive commodity is ignorance.

In a buyout, the executives generally make out like bandits. It's the rank and file that get screwed.

[TBolt]

You're kidding, right?

If Microsoft had purchased Yahoo, it would've been guaranteed that many people at Yahoo would've lost their jobs -- probably far more than 1,100. No one at Yahoo can feel safe yet, either. If Yahoo decides to abandon its own business goals and lets a pig, like Microsoft, in to run the show, there will be even more layoffs at Yahoo.

[jpolac]

Yafired

Yafired

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