Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'layoffs'

According to WebGuild, Google has been quietly laying off hundreds of "employees" since August and had not reported it, getting around a legal requirement because most of these individuals were considered temporary contractors, thereby being considered "operational expenses." Those impacted...

Posted on November 26, 2008 9:19 AM

I reported this news yesterday at Search Engine Land, in short, Yahoo is expected to layoff thousands of employees and cut costs across the board. Last time Yahoo laid off employees, we were sad - cause we knew several of...

Posted on October 21, 2008 7:22 AM

It's with a lot of sadness that I report about the ongoing Yahoo layoffs that have begun occurring yesterday. Danny has aggregated the news stories and headlines, and we're even seeing a Facebook group called "I worked at Yahoo until...

Posted on February 14, 2008 7:25 AM

Yesterday, we heard again that Yahoo is laying off 1000 workers. Sadly, Yahoo's stock is also faltering. Here's a 3 month snapshot: Why is Yahoo having such a hard time? According to Roger Montti, it's because they are unable to...

Posted on January 30, 2008 9:50 AM

The New York Times reports that Yahoo is cutting hundreds of jobs this year. Yahoo is planning to lay off hundreds of employees in an effort to increase its profitability, prop up its deflated stock price and narrow the focus...

Posted on January 22, 2008 9:51 AM