We lost a few great employees in our org. There were other people who could and should have been laid off. I guess this had nothing to do with the quality of work somebody is doing and everything to do with a bunch of numbers on some spreadsheet. This could have been handled so much better.
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I was laid off in August my self from Yahoo. From what a gathered the layoffs involved many who had recently been promoted to new titles, middle management, and kruft.
And to be honest, layoffs with Yahoo/Aol have always been the norm. Countless! The paradigm that that the business is trying to transition to might me a bit far from its reach given the slowing economy. Speaking more broadly heree, in recognizing this slowing CEO’s in tech are taking the aggressive stance to stop hemeraging they’ve all needed to ly off countless number across the entire tech sector. They’ve done this so they can weather out the inflationary driven downturn that everyone is feeling. Another factoid this all started when Amazon laid people off in February of this year. I believe they were the first to experience the wave largely consumers who use their services pulled back. That has now ripped across the playing field in tech.
Its all not done yet in terms of layoffs. Tech companies are dumping people left and right. This won't last forever, this will all hit rock bottom and the only direction is up.
I'm still out of work, used up my leads, those of my friends, and recruiters. Out of 100 resume submissions I've had two interviews.
The criteria is who they like.
I was at the office, attended team meeting (all others were remote so I did not meet anyone in my team there that day). Right after that, there was a 15min meeting created from Sr. Director so I thought it was just a random skip level which happens from time to time. I opened Google Meet and there he was, rather in straight face, told me my skill set is no longer aligned or required at Yahoo and I was laid off. I was covering a month long oncall for my coworker and finally getting some time then this. I've been pretty much 24/7 production engineer my entire time at Yahoo and was trusted and relied on by many. I worked there for over 15 years. What I felt that time was, all those years just vanished and there was nothing proves that I've ever existed on the surface of this planet. I was hit by a reality bo-b (if you are Doctor Who fan, you know :) or maybe I turned into dust by the snap of finger by Thanos. Although at least the people from the team I supported were very upset which means I was something at least. Company also provides decent severance so that I don't need to rush and panic looking for a new job. Otherwise I could have been way more depressed. Regarding the criteria, I'm 58 years of age so I was with higher probability of being hit. Oh and I dialed in to AMA the next day (Wednesday) since my last day was Friday. The way it was presented was lame. He had his webcam setup shooting from almost side and kept looking down at his screen while just reading scripts and never really answered any critical questions. You should have a gut to look in the eyes when you make a decision affecting so many lives. Just don't look away. See all the employees pictures you let go. That should be the way to show some respect.
I interviewed with Yahoo earlier this year after being contacted by a recruiter who was all enthused about “growth” and the “end of layoffs.”
I was treated like sh-t and given the runaround by the hiring team… after wasting two months of my time I was rejected by a computer and the hiring manager and recruiter didn’t even give me the courtesy of a phone call — despite them asking me to apply!
At that point, I sensed that this company is very, very broken.
I am sadly not surprised to read that it continues to lay off people and treat people poorly based on my experience. Current and former employees have my best wishes — you’ll find something better!
The criteria seems to be age, with a few sprinkles of youth thrown in to avoid being accused of ageism.