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Yahoo Reduces Staff By 4 Percent; Hands Out Pink Slips To Over 500 Employees

27 points| answerly | 15 years ago |techcrunch.com

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[+] tptacek|15 years ago|reply
Interested in application security, but want to keep doing full-time dev? I've got a fun, hard project. Full time, US remotes peachy.
[+] idlewords|15 years ago|reply
I need Python devs for contract work on Pinboard, if anyone is interested. Experience working on Delicious will not be held against you, unless you did UI design...
[+] ZipCordManiac|15 years ago|reply
Right before Christmas, CLASSY.
[+] RexRollman|15 years ago|reply
Don't worry. The corporate officers who made this decision will be okay.

(I wonder how many have lost their jobs in this country just to the upper echelon can enrich themselves.)

[+] sdizdar|15 years ago|reply
Any ex Yahoo'ers from SF Bay Area interested in joining us to work on http://cloudHQ.net?
[+] kjksf|15 years ago|reply
Is it wise to offer jobs to those who have been laid off?

Logic dictates that people most likely to be laid off are those who perform the worst hence, probabilistically, it's not the best worker pool to target.

[+] aaronbrethorst|15 years ago|reply
I need to renew my Flickr Pro account in a couple weeks, but it looks like the writing is on the wall for the service. Who are the primary competitors to Flickr out there?

edit: to clarify, I'm an amateur photographer with a DSLR and some big glass (you can check out my stuff on Flickr via the link on my profile page if you're curious). I need to be able to store full-sized images, organize my stuff into sets, geotag, and, ideally, store RAW images on the server, too.

Some social stuff like what Flickr does would be great, too.

[+] seldo|15 years ago|reply
As an ex-Yahoo I think it very unlikely that anything would happen to Flickr. Flickr is still one of the very-largest social networks:

http://mashable.com/2010/12/12/youtube-buzzed-social-network...

(It's not #2; Zeta's methodology is very odd. But in volume it's still top 5)

It's also Yahoo's only successful play in the social space to date (unless you count delicious). They would never axe it.

I also don't know who told you they were a skeleton crew; they were hiring until quite recently.

[+] kscaldef|15 years ago|reply
> it looks like the writing is on the wall for the service

What leads you to say that? The article doesn't mention Flickr at all.

[+] nostrademons|15 years ago|reply
I thought FaceBook was #1 and Picasa was #3. Imgur also seems to be increasing a lot in popularity.
[+] mindcrime|15 years ago|reply
Any ex Yahoo'ers out there who happen to be in NC - or who might want to move to NC - gimme a shout... maybe we could work on some interesting stuff together. Contact info in profile.
[+] vital101|15 years ago|reply
Was this across the board for all departments in Yahoo, or was it more focused in engineering?
[+] cancelbubble|15 years ago|reply
Former Yahoo employee here, does anyone know what properties and staff type are in this latest round? I've already heard of a Flickr engineer.
[+] vctech|15 years ago|reply
what doesnt kill you only makes you stronger... Anyone wants to work on some exciting projects..?
[+] redorb|15 years ago|reply
I think you need more Karma and more time on the account before you will receive quality applicants from your comment. YMMV