[SGVLUG] Reasons why people are leaving Yahoo...

[Chris Nolan]

I am a former Yahoo but I left over 18 months ago.  My brother and
many friends still work there (though most of them have/will give
notice soon).

I must first say that BINC employs some of the nastiest recruiters
around.  One of them cold-called me and sent me a very nasty email
when I told him I wasn't interested.  Their leader using words like
"BULLS**T" in the company's blog shows that the incompetence goes all
the way up the ladder.

I digress.  Back to your curiosity.

Points 1 through 4 are very accurate.  People from my former team were
impacted by the layoffs.

Point 5 is not true for everyone.  I wore way too many hats at Yahoo.

6 is spot on.  7 is as well.  Valued employees were offered MASSIVE
RSU (restricted share unit, the new stock option) offers with very
short vesting periods, some around 9 months.  Folks are walking away
from them and taking offers elsewhere because they fear the RSUs will
be worthless later in the year.

8 and 9 are also spot on.  I worked so many hours at that place it is
silly.  They did give me bonuses and higher pay but it wasn't worth
the time away from my family.

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Emerson, Tom (*IC)
<Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> wrote:
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> I know some of our members /used/ to work at Yahoo, so this may be "old"
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> http://blog.bincsearch.com/?p=153
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