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Give her time. She did not start with a lot in my opinion.

by pcunite 12y ago

mlvljr 12y ago
Resembles me of http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Catherine_Weaver http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Catherine_Weaver , given all the stories we hear. Hope she'll show em some tough hell :)
- mlvljr 12y ago
  Waait, laddies, why so downvotish?? Sexism?? ;)
  - mlvljr 12y ago
    Dare to elaborate, cowards? :)
    - eropple 12y ago
      I can only speak for myself, but I downvoted you, and flagged your latter two posts, because I didn't think your post added anything of value. It happens all the time. The more you post complaining about it, the more downvotes you're going to get. Your account's a thousand days old - I'd hope you'd get this without spam-replying to vent your spleen.
      - mlvljr 12y ago
        I rather got my lulz :)
rgbrenner 12y ago
I agree... but it has been 3 years since she took over. At some point people are going to want to see actual results. And so far Yahoo has gone from $5b in revenue in 2012 to $4.68b (2013) to $4.62b last year. (Even by quarter: Q4-2014 is 10m in revenue less than Q4-2013... and net profit dropped by more than half) I understand there's a lot to fix at Yahoo.. but how much more time is she really going to have without posting real results? Edit: link: https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:YHOO&fstype=ii https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:YHOO&fstype=ii
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- shawndumas 12y ago
  She should have as long as Yahoo is in the black. It's appetant stockholders greedy for short term gain that are screaming to lay-off gainfully employed people. People that are producing real and substantial profit quarter after quarter. She should pull a Dell and drop the pack of vultures hoping for a takeover. Then she could continue to do the awesome surgery to rid Yahoo of its cancer.
  - rgbrenner 12y ago
    Yahoo isn't even keeping up with inflation... much less kept par with average IT-industry growth. If it were a private company, she would have "as long as Yahoo is in the black"... but Yahoo took money from other people. Those people are going to want a return at some point.
    - shawndumas 12y ago
      The vast majority of the current market cap is Alibaba and Yahoo Japan. Heck, all of it by some accounts. The stockholders will get their money back. The stock price reflects this. 7b* in profit is substantial and it'd be a travesty if 15k people lost their jobs for a little short term action. *http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=yhoo%20profit http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=yhoo%20profit
      - rgbrenner 12y ago
        4.6b is profit is substantial No, they had 4.6b in revenue. Their operating income was 146m for 2014... (which is a big drop from the 590m in 2013, and 565m in 2012). Re edit: I see you edited the profit number to 7b. This number includes 10b in one-time asset sales during 2014. (EDIT: sold 10b of Alibaba stake [0]). For Yahoo's sake, I hope Marissa's plan isn't to sell off Yahoo 10b at a time to boost net profits. it'd be a travesty if 15k people lost their jobs for a little short term action. No where have I suggested layoffs. I said Marissa may find herself out of a job if things don't improve. I imagine she has another year or two max (unless things change). That's very different than saying 15k people should be let go. 0. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/yahoo-faces-moment-of-decision-again/ http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/yahoo-faces-moment-of...
shawndumas 12y ago
I agree; and that's coming from someone that just resigned from Yahoo. Here is an excerpt from my resignation post: The transformation that I’ve experienced over the last two years of being in Sunnyvale has been inspiring. There is a palatable sense that we are on the verge of a momentous turnabout. No internet company of that size has ever lost monthly active users in those numbers without nose-diving into oblivion. I am rooting for Yahoo; a turnaround would be glorious. In the minds of the employees that I’ve spoken to, given the time needed, it is an all but forgone conclusion that Yahoo will soar to new heights on the internet. http://blog.shawndumas.com/post/115979867433/im-leaving-yahoo http://blog.shawndumas.com/post/115979867433/im-leaving-yaho...
- praneshp 12y ago
  I don't know if you remember me; We had a conversation in the bus on route 26 in mid-2013 when I had newly moved to Sunnyvale. I remember you mentioning your kid and his love for coding; best of luck to both of you!
  - shawndumas 12y ago
    I absolutely remember you! OpenStack, right? Thank you. My profile has an email address; use it if you think of anything that I can clear up about my resignation.
funkyy 12y ago
Few more decades and surely she will do something breakthrough! She is given way to much credit imo. Any male CEO by now would be cursed but most stockholders in this situation.

Give her time. She did not start with a lot in my opinion.

by pcunite 12y ago

Give her time. She did not start with a lot in my opinion.

Resembles me of http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Catherine_Weaver http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Catherine_Weaver , given all the stories we hear. Hope she'll show em some tough hell :)

mlvljr 12y ago
Waait, laddies, why so downvotish?? Sexism?? ;)
- mlvljr 12y ago
  Dare to elaborate, cowards? :)
  - eropple 12y ago
    I can only speak for myself, but I downvoted you, and flagged your latter two posts, because I didn't think your post added anything of value. It happens all the time. The more you post complaining about it, the more downvotes you're going to get. Your account's a thousand days old - I'd hope you'd get this without spam-replying to vent your spleen.
    - mlvljr 12y ago
      I rather got my lulz :)

rgbrenner 12y ago

I agree... but it has been 3 years since she took over. At some point people are going to want to see actual results. And so far Yahoo has gone from $5b in revenue in 2012 to $4.68b (2013) to $4.62b last year. (Even by quarter: Q4-2014 is 10m in revenue less than Q4-2013... and net profit dropped by more than half) I understand there's a lot to fix at Yahoo.. but how much more time is she really going to have without posting real results? Edit: link: https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:YHOO&fstype=ii https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:YHOO&fstype=ii

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shawndumas 12y ago
She should have as long as Yahoo is in the black. It's appetant stockholders greedy for short term gain that are screaming to lay-off gainfully employed people. People that are producing real and substantial profit quarter after quarter. She should pull a Dell and drop the pack of vultures hoping for a takeover. Then she could continue to do the awesome surgery to rid Yahoo of its cancer.
- rgbrenner 12y ago
  Yahoo isn't even keeping up with inflation... much less kept par with average IT-industry growth. If it were a private company, she would have "as long as Yahoo is in the black"... but Yahoo took money from other people. Those people are going to want a return at some point.
  - shawndumas 12y ago
    The vast majority of the current market cap is Alibaba and Yahoo Japan. Heck, all of it by some accounts. The stockholders will get their money back. The stock price reflects this. 7b* in profit is substantial and it'd be a travesty if 15k people lost their jobs for a little short term action. *http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=yhoo%20profit http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=yhoo%20profit
    - rgbrenner 12y ago
      4.6b is profit is substantial No, they had 4.6b in revenue. Their operating income was 146m for 2014... (which is a big drop from the 590m in 2013, and 565m in 2012). Re edit: I see you edited the profit number to 7b. This number includes 10b in one-time asset sales during 2014. (EDIT: sold 10b of Alibaba stake [0]). For Yahoo's sake, I hope Marissa's plan isn't to sell off Yahoo 10b at a time to boost net profits. it'd be a travesty if 15k people lost their jobs for a little short term action. No where have I suggested layoffs. I said Marissa may find herself out of a job if things don't improve. I imagine she has another year or two max (unless things change). That's very different than saying 15k people should be let go. 0. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/yahoo-faces-moment-of-decision-again/ http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/yahoo-faces-moment-of...

shawndumas 12y ago

I agree; and that's coming from someone that just resigned from Yahoo. Here is an excerpt from my resignation post: The transformation that I’ve experienced over the last two years of being in Sunnyvale has been inspiring. There is a palatable sense that we are on the verge of a momentous turnabout. No internet company of that size has ever lost monthly active users in those numbers without nose-diving into oblivion. I am rooting for Yahoo; a turnaround would be glorious. In the minds of the employees that I’ve spoken to, given the time needed, it is an all but forgone conclusion that Yahoo will soar to new heights on the internet. http://blog.shawndumas.com/post/115979867433/im-leaving-yahoo http://blog.shawndumas.com/post/115979867433/im-leaving-yaho...

praneshp 12y ago
I don't know if you remember me; We had a conversation in the bus on route 26 in mid-2013 when I had newly moved to Sunnyvale. I remember you mentioning your kid and his love for coding; best of luck to both of you!
- shawndumas 12y ago
  I absolutely remember you! OpenStack, right? Thank you. My profile has an email address; use it if you think of anything that I can clear up about my resignation.

funkyy 12y ago

Few more decades and surely she will do something breakthrough! She is given way to much credit imo. Any male CEO by now would be cursed but most stockholders in this situation.