Re:Yahoo’s Perplexing Remote Workers Decision
by bishnu on Sunday February 24, 2013 @04:50AM
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This doesn't seem so clear-cut to me. Some quick and dirty calculations using 2012 data:
Yahoo: ~$280K profit per employee.
Google: ~$290K profit per employee (not including Motorola Mobility .
Microsoft: ~$180k profit per employee.
Apple: $590K profit per employee.
Apple being off the charts aside, broadly speaking Yahoo is right where they should be. This looks more like an attempt at culture change to me.
(That Apple figure is tremendous when you consider that 2/3rds of their employees work in the retail channel)
Re:Yahoo’s Perplexing Remote Workers Decision
by mpclark on Sunday February 24, 2013 @05:04AM
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Could it be because 2/3rds of their employees work in the retail channel?
Re:Yahoo’s Perplexing Remote Workers Decision
by recuter on Sunday February 24, 2013 @06:13AM
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It is despite of it.
Re:Yahoo’s Perplexing Remote Workers Decision
by cpdean on Monday February 25, 2013 @11:22AM
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I feel like that pool of low-skilled employees would only water down the "profit-per-employee" metric.
Hiring someone in sales helps you earn money, but I doubt a single cheerful apple-store worker brings in $500k in merchandise sales for that store.
Getting a bunch of folks to jump before they're pushed is a great start. It reminds me of the two Bobs from office space: "we fixed the glitch... we tend to find it best to avoid confrontation".
There are plenty of rationalizations for both sides of this decision. I lean to the simplest explanation. They're happy to see folks go.