Archive for February, 2008

SEC Filing: Blaming Morale Problems on Microsoft

Friday, February 29th, 2008

It's no surprise that Yahoo is having morale problems, but blaming this on Microsoft in the most recent SEC filing seems to be taking the victim role too far: The review and consideration of the Microsoft proposal (and any alternate proposals that may be made by other parties) have been, and ...

Bloomberg: Yahoo to Offer Severance Plans After Microsoft Bid

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Now that a bunch of people have been cut, the games with severance pay, benefits, grants, and options are being played to either fend-off... or more likely "pump up the value" of Yahoo. From Bloomberg: Full-time employees would get at least four months of severance pay and executive officers will get ...

Proxy Fight!

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Yeah, Microsoft didn't up their bid for Yahoo!, who rejected Microsoft's offer of a takeover. Microsoft doesn't think Yahoo is as worth as much as many Y! Investors were hoping. So, now it's time to start a throw down, and the second blow by Microsoft has been thrown. We see Microsoft ...

The ex-Yahoo List

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Hey there folks! We've started compiling a list of ex-Yahoos who were laid-off, left voluntarily (or at least claimed to do so :p) as found in blogs and tech media. The list is here: D-Day Ex-Yahoo List

“I wanted to be VP of ADD”

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Bradley Horowitz blogs respectfully, albeit long-windedly, about his departure from the purple Y! to the Big G. But it makes us wonder if his statement "I wanted to be VP of ADD" was a Freudian slip? Many have argued that Yahoo has for a long time been prone to lose focus. ...