> Relocating offices or asking employees to move can sometimes be read as layoffs in disguise, since a certain percentage of workers won’t be able to relocate.

> Relocating offices or asking employees to move can sometimes be read as layoffs in disguise, since a certain percentage of workers won’t be able to relocate. I think this is definitely true. I also expected this was the case for Yahoo. In general, perks and management philosophies only change when things aren't going well. From what I can observe, IBM has been on a decade long crash course of cutting and squeezing to show increasing profits.