Comments on: For Skypers, First the Party, Then the Job Cuts http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: DamnIneedAjob http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-876562 DamnIneedAjob Fri, 02 May 2008 19:14:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-876562 <p>I'm with Toti, it's never a good time.</p> <p>Larry http://www.DamnIneedAjob.com</p> I’m with Toti, it’s never a good time.

Larry http://www.DamnIneedAjob.com

]]> By: Skype gets a new chief …. Again! - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-863011 Skype gets a new chief …. Again! - GigaOM Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:50:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-863011 <p>[...] Malik, Monday, February 25, 2008 at 5:50 PM PT Comments (0) The ingress and egress of executives at Skype has given us much to write about, especially the changes in the C-suite. [...]</p> [...] Malik, Monday, February 25, 2008 at 5:50 PM PT Comments (0) The ingress and egress of executives at Skype has given us much to write about, especially the changes in the C-suite. [...]

]]> By: PhilTaller http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-783920 PhilTaller Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:19:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-783920 <p>I also heard rumor there is exodus of old operations folks going on there. Not sure if it is connected to http://www.randomconsult.ee/ but short user name in contacts page makes me think so.</p> I also heard rumor there is exodus of old operations folks going on there. Not sure if it is connected to http://www.randomconsult.ee/ but short user name in contacts page makes me think so.

]]> By: Phil Wolff http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-764505 Phil Wolff Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:05:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-764505 <p>Aside from holiday timing this just seems like a 5% adjustment.</p> <p>"Why?" is a more interesting question.</p> <p>"Why now?"</p> <p>"Why marketing?"</p> Aside from holiday timing this just seems like a 5% adjustment.

“Why?” is a more interesting question.

“Why now?”

“Why marketing?”

]]> By: michaelportent http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-763588 michaelportent Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:04:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-763588 <p>I'd love it if Google nabbed Skype. Maybe they could fix the darn thing so that people "skyping" in to the podcasts that I'm a part of don't sound like robots half the time.</p> I’d love it if Google nabbed Skype. Maybe they could fix the darn thing so that people “skyping” in to the podcasts that I’m a part of don’t sound like robots half the time.

]]> By: Sebastian Moser http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-762953 Sebastian Moser Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:27:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-762953 <p>@Johnson "not quite profitable" doesn't mean "profitable". Skype is profitable, but the ROI in the investment isn't nearly acceptable for eBay ;)</p> @Johnson “not quite profitable” doesn’t mean “profitable”. Skype is profitable, but the ROI in the investment isn’t nearly acceptable for eBay ;)

]]> By: Johnson http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-760790 Johnson Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:04:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-760790 <p>Om, for your info, Skype is profitable and has been for some time.</p> Om, for your info, Skype is profitable and has been for some time.

]]> By: Noclegi Polsce http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-760652 Noclegi Polsce Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:22:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-760652 <p>I think that how Skype treated it workers is dishonest. How could they deprive people of their work just before Christmas? The fact that they are giving workers up is natural. Companies are searching for the reduction in costs, so workstations are being reduced. However, they should have warned them about it. I am indignant at this fact. So far I regarded Skype as a respectable company. I changed my mind.</p> I think that how Skype treated it workers is dishonest. How could they deprive people of their work just before Christmas? The fact that they are giving workers up is natural. Companies are searching for the reduction in costs, so workstations are being reduced. However, they should have warned them about it. I am indignant at this fact. So far I regarded Skype as a respectable company. I changed my mind.

]]> By: Toti Stefansson http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-759644 Toti Stefansson Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:16:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-759644 <p>It is never a good time. However, remember that this is in Europe. Over here you get pretty decent severance packages, for instance if you're let go before the first of December - which seems to be the case here - you have up to 3 months notice, where they have to pay you, but can ask you not to show up. Plus vacation time earned (4 weeks per year), which they cannot force you to take in mid-winter. So as nasty as it seems to be let go just before the holidays, this does not mean no presents for the kids or no food on the table. Plus, since summers are usually slow in Europe, due to vacations, it is much easier to find a job during two periods of the year: Sept-October on one hand and January-April on the other hand. Pretty much nothing happens between mid-June and late-August, so you don't want to have the new guy settling in during that period.</p> It is never a good time. However, remember that this is in Europe. Over here you get pretty decent severance packages, for instance if you’re let go before the first of December – which seems to be the case here – you have up to 3 months notice, where they have to pay you, but can ask you not to show up. Plus vacation time earned (4 weeks per year), which they cannot force you to take in mid-winter. So as nasty as it seems to be let go just before the holidays, this does not mean no presents for the kids or no food on the table. Plus, since summers are usually slow in Europe, due to vacations, it is much easier to find a job during two periods of the year: Sept-October on one hand and January-April on the other hand. Pretty much nothing happens between mid-June and late-August, so you don’t want to have the new guy settling in during that period.

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-759158 Paul Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:54:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/08/for-skypers-first-the-party-then-the-job-cuts/#comment-759158 <p>What's wrong with companies that fire people during the winter holidays? We all understand quarterly reporting obligations, but couldn't these companies just reserve for terminations in calendar Q4 and then let people go in January?</p> <p>It seems thoughtlessly cruel to let people go at this time of the year.</p> What’s wrong with companies that fire people during the winter holidays? We all understand quarterly reporting obligations, but couldn’t these companies just reserve for terminations in calendar Q4 and then let people go in January?

It seems thoughtlessly cruel to let people go at this time of the year.

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