Yahoo staffers fear company may slash 20-25% of its workforce

[marmar]

(MarketWatch) You’re not getting fired this week—feel better now?

That was the creepy message Yahoo boss Marissa Mayer had for employees at a companywide meeting earlier this month, drawing nervous chuckles from workers who fear for their jobs, sources told The Post.

“She said there are going to be no layoffs ‘this week,’ and many of the employees laughed at her,” said one insider who, fearing retribution, asked not to be named.

“This is the reason employee morale is so low,” the insider added, noting that most workers took the scary remark as twisted confirmation that Yahoo’s YHOO, +2.06% embattled chief executive is sharpening the ax.

Mayer, who returned to her duties at the struggling Internet pioneer just a few weeks after giving birth to twins on Dec. 10, made the less-than-reassuring comment in response to a question at an internal “Friday FYI” meeting on Jan. 8, sources said. ....................(more)

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/yahoo-staffers-fear-company-may-slash-20-25-of-its-workforce-2016-01-19?dist=tcountdown

[Fuddnik]

1. Guess she needs a raise to support the twins.

20-25% less employees should about do it!

[rjsquirrel]

2. Couldn't hapoen

soon enough. What a horrid company.

Twitter will die first though.

Let the shakeout begin.

[PassingFair]

3. She has always sounded like a psychopath to me.

A natural leader!