&gt; Please explain to me which one of those labels best applies to the executive team at Yahoo<p>Clearly the former. In 2012 Yahoo had 11,700 employees, and by 2014 they had 12,500 employees.[1] The 10% layoff is going to be around the difference there (so net zero), but I don&#x27;t think any reasonable person could argue not cutting jobs in this situation would result in a net gain for Yahoo.<p>It&#x27;s a company in trouble, and it&#x27;s a reasonable course of action.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.statista.com&#x2F;statistics&#x2F;260291&#x2F;number-of-full-time-yahoo-employees&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.statista.com&#x2F;statistics&#x2F;260291&#x2F;number-of-full-tim...</a>