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Hi all,

Having been a casualty of the Amgen layoffs in Oct of last year. Do those of you who read this blog and work for Microsoft think that incorporating Yahoo will mean future layoffs due to consolation? I was working in plant start-up for Immunex in '02 when Amgen brought us out and was told of layoffs back in Seattle. I would hate to see the same thing happen at Microsoft.

I doubt it. There are so many open positions within Microsoft that they can't find people to find. Any cuts from groups overlapping with Yahoo will be easily absorbed by other groups. "Too many qualified workers" is not a problem Microsoft has.

If Microsoft buys Yahoo, it's a safe bet that there will be a bigger chunk of Yahoo staff in the Seattle area than previously planned, even if it's just a few hundred people.

Markor,

The merger is not really a reason that you can take comfort in or to sleep better at night.

MS also has campus in the Silicon Valley. If the merge goes through, it does not make sense to open new Yahoo campus here. Maybe only to relocate a bunch of execs, but MS campuses in Bel/Red/Isq will fit them.