Yahoo's secret layoff doublespeak revealed!

Iria · Dec 10, 2008, 09:23 PM

Yahoo isn't firing people en masse — it's "getting fit." That noisome euphemism for today's layoffs of 1,500 people must have hissed forth from the brain of some overpaid management consultant. Likewise for pages upon pages of instructions on how to sack employees — which Valleywag has obtained.
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Source: Valleywag

Judas · Dec 10, 2008, 09:53 PM

lol?

Iria · Dec 10, 2008, 10:47 PM

It's interesting to read the double-speak that managers must use during a layoff. I've been laid off, and had to lay people off, and it ain't easy.

Dec 10, 2008, 09:23 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Yahoo's secret layoff doublespeak revealed! Yahoo isn't firing people en masse — it's "getting fit." That noisome euphemism for today's layoffs of 1,500 people must have hissed forth from the brain of some overpaid management consultant. Likewise for pages upon pages of instructions on how to sack employees — which Valleywag has obtained. _______________ Source: Valleywag

Dec 10, 2008, 10:47 PM	Thread Starter #3
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Re: Yahoo's secret layoff doublespeak revealed! It's interesting to read the double-speak that managers must use during a layoff. I've been laid off, and had to lay people off, and it ain't easy.