April 5, 2012 may be a judgment day for half of Yahoo! employees in the context of internal policy changes in this Internet-based company. Yahoo! lay off 2000 employees including the ones who worked at Yahoo! Indonesia. This is the first time that the decision to lay off employees has an impact on Indonesia. There were at least three lay off storms had hit Yahoo! during my work at the company which impact also reached its regional office in Singapore.
Running an internet-based company is like surfing where we have to be smart to know how big the waves are coming and how quick we have to maneuver. This information is important to know not only for decision maker but also, in my opinion, all employees so they know what to prepare for their personal survival because in the end… if something bad happens then they have to rely on their own parachutes.
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