OMG! Yahoo Layoffs

Har! Some Dude Twitter’s His Y! Layoff

Some dude bothered to Twitter his Y! layoff experience yesterday. Now, if only he and thousands of others worked as hard as he did on his Twitter feeds!

Here’s a transcript:

• Y! layoffs today, I’m “impacted”. I’m heading into work to pack my desk, get my severance paperwork and hand in my badge…more to come. about 10 hours ago
• On the plus side, my commute just got a lot shorter. about 10 hours ago.
• Ironic that I just got my PC repaired yesterday. Won’t be needing that anymore. about 9 hours ago.
• Walking around saying good bye to some great people and good friends. about 9 hours ago
• Waiting for the call from HR so I can go pick up my paperwork….C’mon, c’mon! I’m busy here! Let’s get this over with. about 8 hours ago
• This is a serious downer. Trying to drown it in free lattes. Which I will miss. about 8 hours ago
• Thanks to everyone sending the positive tweets. I’ve got plenty of free time now so just let me know if you want to meet up for lunch. about 8 hours ago
• Ugh. I have a 1GB flash drive and 2GB files to back up. That is teh suck. about 7 hours ago
• Heading into my HR meeting. The room is called Lucy. Cute, eh? about 7 hours ago
• Finishing meeting with HR. Need to go clear out desk now. about 6 hours ago
• Dammit. I was hoping to hook up the free Flickr Pro account before I got canned. Major fail. about 6 hours ago
• Taking my last walk through URLs. Remember that time we sat in that booth to review ad yields? That was great… about 6 hours ago
• Lots of whispered conversations. Like people are afraid to ask who’s gone. about 4 hours ago
• Dear Blackberry, What great times we had. I’ll miss you. At least until tonight when I stop on my way home and buy an iPhone. Love, Me about 4 hours ago
• Oh…and my badge. He’s going to take that too. Will I be able to get a latte for the road still? about 4 hours ago
• I’m going dark in a few minutes. The HR guy is on his way over to confiscate my laptop. about 4 hours ago
• Last free triple non-fat latte from Beantrees. Sniff. about 3 hours ago
• Signing off from Yahoo!. Fade to black… about 3 hours ago
• Celebrating unemployment with a giant margarita at Chevy’s. 5 minutes ago

You can keep up with his obsessive musings over here.