And Yahoo decided not to do it. ( For a lot of reasons only they would know ) We all know why: It is a stealth layoff. It's an easy way to cut some staff (many

And Yahoo decided not to do it. ( For a lot of reasons only they would know ) We all know why: It is a stealth layoff. It's an easy way to cut some staff (many of whom will leave for greener pastures) without the negative market news of cutting staff. It is important to the rest of us, however, as it's held as some sort of qualitative change for excellence. That it is proof that remote work doesn't work/office work is better, etc. We've seen dozens of articles using this as proof of...something. When it's really just a way to save some costs -- even if longer term it hurts the company.