Layoffs, including Omaha area job cuts, mar Yahoo's 20th anniversary

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald-AP

By Janice Podsada

Yahoo is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month, but companywide layoffs, including job cuts in the Omaha metro area, have cast a pall over recent celebrations.

The global technology firm, which employs about 350 people in the area, laid off 20 to 30 employees Tuesday at its La Vista customer service center near 108th Street and Giles Road — “the whole customer service team,” said a former Yahoo employee who was among those laid off and spoke on the condition of anonymity..

Elisa Shyu, a Yahoo spokeswoman, confirmed that there have been Omaha-area layoffs but would not elaborate.

“There were warning signs, red flags,” the former employee said. “Last week they laid off a whole team in Omaha,” referring to Yahoo’s Global Operations Center near 144th Street and West Dodge Road.

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KENT SIEVERS/THE WORLD-HERALD
Yahoo has had a presence in the Omaha metro area since 2009. Here, employees at its Omaha office at 14010 FNB Parkway join in the company's world-record yodeling on March 2 during a 20th anniversary celebration.


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They don't want to talk about company wide layoffs so the stock price doesn't take a hit.

[wolfie001]

1. Looks like a lot of rah-rah butt-kissing....

.....like the WalKrap am pre-opening group chant. China, send us back our jobs!