More AOL Firings: "Shared Services" Group Whacked in General
By Silicon el 10-Sep-2008
A source reports that a small bunch of folks were let go at AOL today, including 5-10 in the new "Shared Services" group (the new orphan team that will sit between Programming and Access and not weigh down either division's financial performance).
Anyone else?
Our condolences to those who got canned. And we thank you for one more opportunity to post the marvelous au revoir video from last fall's mass-sackings at AOL France.
(Enter the password "aollover"--AOL lover--in the box below, and you'll be able to see it. Just do it--it's worth the effort. This heroic single-shot video may well outlast the company.)
Reader synopsis: "AOL office in Paris. starts with "to a lost love". people show their affection for AOL. but in the end, it shows a sign "2000 square meters to let"...
A source reports that a small bunch of folks were let go at AOL today, including 5-10 in the new "Shared Services" group (the new orphan team that will sit between Programming and Access and not weigh down either di [..] Read complete article
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Goldman whacked 13 analysts today as part of its 10%-3200-employee headcount reduction. Among those channed: Financial services analyst William Tanona and newspaper analyst Peter Appert.
A bummer for us and you, as both were good [..] Read complete article
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Yahoo (YHOO) finally announced the mass firings that everyone has been writing about for the last few weeks. The company will be reducing its global workforce by "at least 10%," or 1,500+ employees.
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In this guest post Jeff Chandler reviews the TellaFriend Widget.
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We heard whispers of this last week, and now the Merc is hearing them, too: Yahoo will reportedly announce its mass firings on the earnings call this week. A reader tells us the company has scheduled an all-hands me [..] Read complete article
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Yahoo (YHOO) finally announced the mass firings that everyone has been writing about for the last few weeks. The company will be reducing its global workforce by "at least 10%," or 1,500+ employees.
That soun [..] 
In this guest post Jeff Chandler reviews the TellaFriend Widget.
In the ever increasing socialness of the web, everything from news to photos to videos are being shared. Outside of ShareThis, I’m not to familiar with other sites or services that are exclusively centered around sharing items across the web. During the past week, I was [...] [..] 
