In Week Two, Marissa Mayer Googifies Yahoo
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How desperate sounding... But there is actually something to this strategy...
Google itself has become something a lot bigger than a search & email provider. Between coming the next big ISP and the next big utility company, Yahoo might be betting that they can edge in and take this space away from the googster as google is thought of differently by the masses.
Google itself has become something a lot bigger than a search & email provider. Between coming the next big ISP and the next big utility company, Yahoo might be betting that they can edge in and take this space away from the googster as google is thought of differently by the masses.
I think Marissa is just adopting the things that worked so well at Google. Would you rather have a work force who is GUNG HO... or a work force who feels like they work at some sub standard company?
In the 9-5 world, employees need to do all sorts of shit after hours which severely cuts into their off time. Google gets that and knows how to keep their employees pretty happy. It's pretty amazing how most companies these days don't do this whatsoever, even ones worth billions of dollars.
These moves are all about building a good culture around your company. Apple and Google have figured this out. A lot of other big companies haven't. Yahoo looks like it is definitely moving in the right direction.
One small problem. It's still yahoo.
Cool snacks and couches aren't going to make people forget that it's Yahoo. And Yahoo doesn't have a gazillion dollars to burn, like Bing does to gain a 1% marketshare. So what are we really talking about? We're talking about "office swag" and "free snacks" because at the end of the day, it's still Yahoo and it's always going to be Yahoo.
This is like a fucking rapist bragging that he has a super sick house with the best decorations. Cool, but you're still a fucking rapist. And yes, I did just compare Yahoo to a rapist and it wasn't by mistake.
Cool snacks and couches aren't going to make people forget that it's Yahoo. And Yahoo doesn't have a gazillion dollars to burn, like Bing does to gain a 1% marketshare. So what are we really talking about? We're talking about "office swag" and "free snacks" because at the end of the day, it's still Yahoo and it's always going to be Yahoo.
This is like a fucking rapist bragging that he has a super sick house with the best decorations. Cool, but you're still a fucking rapist. And yes, I did just compare Yahoo to a rapist and it wasn't by mistake.
No, it's more like taking care of your car. If you just ignore it and don't maintain it, it's not going to run very well.
People hate their 9-5's because of the lack of this type of shit!
Smart, I worked at a cool place at one time it then turned into a sweat shop mentality people started doing more taking than giving 100%, the sweat shop mentality is how most large American corps are ran. Will be interesting to see what she does with Yahoo.
Especially in Silicon Valley, free drinks/snacks, social break/lounge areas, and game rooms are pretty much standard at even the smallest startups.
Point is, Yahoo is done. It has less of a chance to make a comeback than the new digg does. It's over, snacks and "swag" aren't going to save it. Jesus christ himself couldn't save Yahoo.
If they go back to something that's sane I'd use digg again. I'm sure I'm not the only one.