One Yahoo's last "free triple non-fat latte from Beantrees"
Ryan Kuder lost his job yesterday. He was senior manager of integrated campaign strategy at Yahoo — right, we have no idea, either. Now he's the guy who Twittered his canning.For the blow-by-blow, see below. There's a happy ending, though: Kuder later sent this tweet: "At the Apple Store. The Air is sexy."
Y! layoffs today, I'm "impacted". I'm heading into work to pack my desk, get my severance paperwork and hand in my badge...more to come. about 10 hours ago
On the plus side, my commute just got a lot shorter. about 10 hours ago.
Ironic that I just got my PC repaired yesterday. Won't be needing that anymore. about 9 hours ago.
Walking around saying good bye to some great people and good friends. about 9 hours ago
Waiting for the call from HR so I can go pick up my paperwork....C'mon, c'mon! I'm busy here! Let's get this over with. about 8 hours ago
This is a serious downer. Trying to drown it in free lattes. Which I will miss. about 8 hours ago
Thanks to everyone sending the positive tweets. I've got plenty of free time now so just let me know if you want to meet up for lunch. about 8 hours ago
Ugh. I have a 1GB flash drive and 2GB files to back up. That is teh suck. about 7 hours ago
Heading into my HR meeting. The room is called Lucy. Cute, eh? about 7 hours ago
Finishing meeting with HR. Need to go clear out desk now. about 6 hours ago
Dammit. I was hoping to hook up the free Flickr Pro account before I got canned. Major fail. about 6 hours ago
Taking my last walk through URLs. Remember that time we sat in that booth to review ad yields? That was great... about 6 hours ago
Lots of whispered conversations. Like people are afraid to ask who's gone. about 4 hours ago
Dear Blackberry, What great times we had. I'll miss you. At least until tonight when I stop on my way home and buy an iPhone. Love, Me about 4 hours ago
Oh...and my badge. He's going to take that too. Will I be able to get a latte for the road still? about 4 hours ago
I'm going dark in a few minutes. The HR guy is on his way over to confiscate my laptop. about 4 hours ago
Last free triple non-fat latte from Beantrees. Sniff. about 3 hours ago
Signing off from Yahoo!. Fade to black... about 3 hours ago
Celebrating unemployment with a giant margarita at Chevy's. 5 minutes ago