<![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs]]> They let go the people making the most money - those who had been there for close to forever and some of the new hires from 2007 who negotiated high salaries.

Now they are mainly hiring cheaper labor, whether that's fresh out of school..or fresh off the boat from India

CharBo

]]> <![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs]]> The goal of the layoff is to remove under performers, or to reduce the system entropy in physical terms. However, the entropy usually come from those who are most difficult to get rid of, like those managers with mediocre coding/mgmt experience but best at playing politics and getting unnecessary head counts in order to climb up the coporate ladder faster.

Oracle was a good example of that. After several rounds of major layoffs, there were two kinds of people who remained: one was those managers who were best at playing politics; the other was those mediocre programmers with best relationships with managers and coworkers.

thx123

]]> <![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs]]> @Snarkatron: "These layoffs were not so much about cost savings as about removing under-performers"...um, no. It was very much about ditching people with high salaries - notice how there are alot of native-born Americans in the purging? That's because they cost more than lower-paid imports. All you have to do is go to Yahoo campus to observe the transformation underway!

CharBo

]]> <![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs]]> There's still plenty of dead weight on this ship. It's just not part of their culture to single out and terminate underperformers. Instead they do it in bulk, losing good people just to get at the bad. At least Jerry didn't cry this time.

snarkotic

]]> <![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs]]> hey guys, most of the layoffs were targeted at certain divisions, and those groups did have to cut deep - including some good folks who got laid off. other groups did not have to cut, but they took this opportunity to unload some under performers. so in summary, some groups lost talent & fat, and in other groups they only lost fat.

therealsunnyvalequeen

]]> <![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs]]> Perhaps they could have taken an approach I saw at one nameless software company where a layoff was flown in under the radar in the form of mass terminations for underperformance. They insisted it *wasn't* a layoff per se, even though we weren't going to backfill the now vacant positions. I pointed out to management in the department all-hands call after the bloodletting that I never saw someone screw up in a job so bad that they actually eliminated the position and headcount.

nethaqr

]]> <![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs]]> @EX-YHOO: from the names I've gotten and what I know about them, there were definitely a lot of underperformers on the layoff list. There were undoubtedly also some folks whose roles/projects were being eliminated, and it's likely that some managers used the layoffs as an excuse to eliminate enemies and protect favorites. But for the most part, the Yahoos I know were sad to see the folks go, but not that sad.

Snarkotron

]]> <![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs]]> @ SNARKOTRON: Bullshit re: "underperformers" being the target for these layoffs. IF ONLY Yahoo operated like they are "real" company and let poor performers walk. :::rolleyes::: There may have been some chaff mixed in with the general bloodletting, however I know for a fact that many had nary a negative review among them. One thing we do agree on - they didn't cut deep enough.

Ex-YHOO

]]> <![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs]]> This is not news. Jerry made it very clear that Yahoo! would continue to grow in 2008. These layoffs were not so much about cost savings as about removing under-performers. One could argue that the cuts were not deep enough, but if Yahoo! got in the habit of getting rid of the bottom 5% each year, that might bring some much-needed discipline.

Snarkotron

]]> <![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs]]> I think maybe you should consider some fact-checking here. Organise by date and skip back to the past and you'll see that many of these jobs were posted back in early 2007.

plasticbagUK

]]> <![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs]]> Agree with everyone above: would be dumber to have all these open positions without any lay-offs in the case of Yahoo

robinwauters

]]> <![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs]]> Could be they got rid of the people who were in areas that Yahoo should not have been in; and that they are hiring people in areas that Yahoo should be in.

Interesting development nonetheless!

MarkTheMarketWatcher

]]> <![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs]]> Maybe, just maybe, they are using the layoff to bring more of a certain of worker? Maybe, just maybe, they are looking to bring in more technical, engineering and product types? Maybe?

sonofapitch

]]> <![CDATA[Yahoo looks to undo layoffs]]> At lower rates for younger (average) workers. And, are many temp to hire, or straight contract?

Even Apple is quietly buying out long in the tooth engineering people, about 3 or 5 at a time. Just gently nudging them out the door - folks with 12 years and 180k salaries and benefits.

Replacing them with the next lower drone of the totem pole hungry for action, 'hey boy/gal, how'd you like to lead this dept. when Phil takes early retirement?

abmw

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