Yahoo! Cutting Jobs

American Voices • business • ISSUE 44•05 • Jan 25, 2008

Yahoo!, the popular internet portal site, plans to trim its workforce by 10 to 20 percent at the end of the month. What do you think?

“The exclamation point they insist on putting at the end of the company name seems so hollow and disingenuous now.”
Marcia Wolstencroft –
Systems Analyst
“With my luck, they'll probably get rid of the guy who could tell me how to get rid of that goddamn toolbar from my browser.”
Simon Bush –
Cabinet Installer
“Oh no! Does this mean that dot-com bubble of the '90s is about to burst?”
Dave Schofield –
Wardrobe Consultant

More American Voices

Yahoo Buying Tumblr For $1.1 Billion

As part of CEO Marissa Mayer’s strategy to expand the company’s social and mobile presence and attract younger users, Yahoo will purchase the ...

Electrically Stimulating Brain May Improve Math Skills

According to a new study, individuals who struggle with mathematics saw a notable increase in their ability to learn and retain arithmetic concepts when a ...

Obama's Second Term Mired In Scandal

President Obama’s second term is off to a rocky start, with the acting IRS chief stepping down, the Justice Department seizing journalists’ phone records ...