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Jeffrey Zeldman Presents : Laying off George

www.zeldman.com
2008-12-17T03:46:24.000Z
yahoo! stupid flickr georgeoates layoffs imported:pinboard

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"George Oates is responsible for much of what is great about Flickr. George Oates is the last person a sane company would lay off. I don’t know what to think about Yahoo after reading how they laid off George Oates."

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kewlchops: Not quite what I had in mind.

george08.blogspot.com
2008-12-17T03:43:03.000Z
flickr yahoo layoffs morons yahoo! georgeoates economy jobs imported:pinboard

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""I'll just get straight to the point. You've been affected by the layoffs." ... I watched as my access to various parts of the guts of Flickr fell away. I noticed how naturally I searched for any and all bits I could think of, just in the hope that it still existed. But no. I was shut out entirely within about 14 hours of the phone call. ... I was beginning to feel humiliated, particularly given what I was up to. You know, being in Taiwan at an international conference to talk about my work."

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