If my employer suddenly got into the business of mulching orphans for fertilizer, I'd consider it my personal responsibility to quit/move on as soon as possible.
Yahoo employees should get no blame for decisions they didn't make, but they do have to bear the responsibility for tacitly condoning this behavior. Considering the current job market for software engineers in the Bay Area, the whole "but I need to pay rent" argument doesn't even hold water.
"Considering the current job market for software engineers in the Bay Area, the whole "but I need to pay rent" argument doesn't even hold water."
The whole world (and Yahoo offices) doesn't revolve around the Bay area. And those Bay Area startups? How many will be around in 2 years and how "hot" will the market be then?
Did you go through what happened in the 90's? I don't think you did after looking at your resume.
They have multiple offices in the US as well as around the world. I'm sure also they have plenty of engineers working remotely as well.
"If my employer suddenly got into the business of mulching orphans for fertilizer, I'd consider it my personal responsibility to quit/move on as soon as possible."
The comparison made and context is ridiculous. Why not make it "funnier" then? "If my employer got into the business of raping children then...or "If my employer walked into a high school and..." The point being made by the OP is pretty obvious and doesn't require humor to increase understanding.
Humor might enhance learning of a harder to grasp concept. If done appropriately.
I find posts like this and the OP to be great posturing for the internet masses and really silly. 99% of us out there who work for a company larger than some small startup can find policies or things we don't agree with in our corporate bureaucracy. So we all should be self employed, unemployed or work for a company of < 10 people until we find The One Righteous Company?
Yahoo employees should get no blame for decisions they didn't make, but they do have to bear the responsibility for tacitly condoning this behavior. Considering the current job market for software engineers in the Bay Area, the whole "but I need to pay rent" argument doesn't even hold water.