[version_five]

I've had this happen somewhere I worked: "ceo: well be laying off a big portion of the company, you'll find out who tomorrow". I don't know the right way to do this, but I know this is the wrong way. What possible good does this achieve?

[phamilton]

At Yahoo in 2016, layoffs were announced as "planned" in an earnings call and they happened department by department, always on Wednesdays. This was right around when Blind got popular (but before each post was just whining about TC) and so every Wednesday morning we'd all check Blind to see which teams got hit this week.

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The really hilarious thing is no matter how far down Yahoo continues to sink they will always have at least my dad and those who refuse to use anything other than Yahoo Finance in the foreseeable future to keep them somewhat afloat.

Edit: for the record this is not a slant against those who use Yahoo Finance. Even back when I used it in high school it was good.

[downvoteme1]

Yahoo finance is a good product. I use it and keep looking for replacements in case something good pops up, but it’s good for now.

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Made a slight edit, did not mean to imply it was a bad service in any way.

[nemo44x]

Yahoo Finance is like their 1 really good product.

[spike021]

Yahoo is still very popular in Japan, especially the Auctions site.

[toast0]

I left Yahoo in 2011, I remember layoffs being dysfunctional, but it seems like they really leant into it. My favorite was when they announced layoffs in November, and couldn't figure out who to lay off until after the deadline for finalizing the company holiday party, so I got to see some of my colleagues who had been laid off for a couple weeks at the party.

[anonymous011222]

According to the article most of the affected have been informed, but they have not informed everyone yet. I think it's a fair compromise.

Nobody wants to be told they have been laid off by finding your name in a power point in the morning, just because you live in a different time zone. They have offices around the world, so it is difficult to inform everyone at the same time without calling someone in the middle of the night.

At the same time those who have been informed are talking to other employees, and news spread fast. So they end up with a compromise - inform the company about the process.

They are handling it better than what I experienced not long ago. After announcing the layoffs and informing the affected, they did not communicate who was affected until the week after. Colleagues who had a good network knew who were affected by talking to each other, while others were left in the dark

[uglyrumours]

Another precious tidbit: congratulatory emails for wins and renewals were received on Nov 29. They should have just combined them - "Congratulations on that incredible 6 figure win! OBTW you're FIRED.' LOLOLOL