Comments on: Yahoo Peanut Butter Manifesto : Cut Workforce by 20%, Build Focus http://www.searchenginejournal.com/yahoo-peanut-butter-memo-cut-workforce-by-20-build-focus/4015/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:21:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: ian http://www.searchenginejournal.com/yahoo-peanut-butter-memo-cut-workforce-by-20-build-focus/4015/comment-page-1/#comment-326538 ian Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:36:55 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=4015#comment-326538 Perhaps Yahoo! should instead concentrate on not turning everything they ever touch to shit (Flickr, so far, the exception that proves the rule) If they do pursue this 20% "Headcount" reduction, I for one would like to see it start at the very top. I bet it won't though; it'll be the grunts that get it. Perhaps Yahoo! should instead concentrate on not turning everything they ever touch to shit (Flickr, so far, the exception that proves the rule)

If they do pursue this 20% “Headcount” reduction, I for one would like to see it start at the very top. I bet it won’t though; it’ll be the grunts that get it.

]]> By: Ahmed Bilal http://www.searchenginejournal.com/yahoo-peanut-butter-memo-cut-workforce-by-20-build-focus/4015/comment-page-1/#comment-326518 Ahmed Bilal Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:57:28 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=4015#comment-326518 I don't know if this is for real or not, but a lot of the 'points' made in this memo (specifically about spreading too thin and having competiting products in the portfolio) can apply to Google as well. They're doing just fine. On first read, it sounds like an emotional reaction to everything the media has been harping on about. Not necessarily indicative of the core problems Yahoo's facing. I don’t know if this is for real or not, but a lot of the ‘points’ made in this memo (specifically about spreading too thin and having competiting products in the portfolio) can apply to Google as well.

They’re doing just fine.

On first read, it sounds like an emotional reaction to everything the media has been harping on about. Not necessarily indicative of the core problems Yahoo’s facing.

]]> By: CarstenCumbrowski http://www.searchenginejournal.com/yahoo-peanut-butter-memo-cut-workforce-by-20-build-focus/4015/comment-page-1/#comment-326422 CarstenCumbrowski Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:09:03 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=4015#comment-326422 Oh boy, but a lot of people saw it coming. The question was not if, but when. Well we have an answer to that one now too, don't we? Oh boy, but a lot of people saw it coming. The question was not if, but when. Well we have an answer to that one now too, don’t we?

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