AOL Lays Off AIM, Video Production, and HR Teams

CommanderFrank

CommanderFrank

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If AOL keeps on laying off its personnel, there’s not going to be enough staff to have a Christmas party this year, that is if AOL can afford one. :eek: This could be a strong indication that AOL’s strategy for a healthy bottom line is not working out as quite as well as they planned.

"I highly doubt these terminations break any records for AOL," this source adds, "but I think the Street and the investing public have a right to know that the business is not doing as well as Tim Armstrong and other executives have led on
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Why can't AOL disappear already? The only people I see that use AOL are either old and/or they have no clue about the internet in general.
 
I've detested AOL since they were an ISP and it took 45 minutes just to get online, then you were lucky to stay online for 5 minutes before it started trying to boot you out while taking 45 seconds to load the text on a page and another 60 to load 2-3 pictures.
AOL just needs to die already.
 
For all the people chanting death to AOL... Remember who it is that owns Mapquest among things
 
Skripka said:
For all the people chanting death to AOL... Remember who it is that owns Mapquest among things
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Mapquest has NEVER given me directions without a wrong turn in there somewhere.
As far as I'm concerned, that can go too.
 
I still use AIM since I don't use Facebook and older contacts don't have Skype...oh well.
 
SGA76 said:
Mapquest has NEVER given me directions without a wrong turn in there somewhere.
As far as I'm concerned, that can go too.
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This, even back in the early days it was terrible, you would be better off just using a real map
 
I don't know AOL I think is setup for a comeback. They are innovative and think outside the box, I mean they have done the best think any company can do but never actually do... Fire the HR team.

I have never worked anywhere where the HR team was worth the checks they have printed out by another company.
 
dandirk said:
I don't know AOL I think is setup for a comeback. They are innovative and think outside the box, I mean they have done the best think any company can do but never actually do... Fire the HR team.

I have never worked anywhere where the HR team was worth the checks they have printed out by another company.
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HR departments are typically filled with the laziest, most worthless individuals in the company.. They are a pox on the workforce.
 
Shorehn said:
People still use AIM?

...for that matter, people still use AOL?
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Where I work there are several Apple fanboys who keep wanting the office to use AIM (different people at different times I'll add).
 
AOL did a lot to help bring the masses to the Internet. They probably got a lot of Grandparents on there back in the day. I know a lot of smart people that started on AOL then moved to better when they learned better. Hell, I started on CompuServe on the Commodore 64. What I don't like about AOL is that people would drop them as an ISP and go with DSL somewhere, but continue to pay AOL for whatever (email usually) and AOL wouldn't say anything...
 
CaptNumbNutz said:
Why can't AOL disappear already? The only people I see that use AOL are either old and/or they have no clue about the internet in general.
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Sounds like the type of people that will spend a lot of money on nothing.
 
Ur_Mom said:
What I don't like about AOL is that people would drop them as an ISP and go with DSL somewhere, but continue to pay AOL for whatever (email usually) and AOL wouldn't say anything...
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I remember talking to people who did this. I'd get so frustrated with them. "It's only $x a month" they'd all say. Unneeded AOL subscriptions and the weatherbug were some low points for far too long.
 
Shorehn said:
People still use AIM?

...for that matter, people still use AOL?
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For the subcontractor I work with; If I see a @aol.com email address I tell them they need to at least switch gmail.
Nothing says "I'm incompetent" like a aol address.
And these are suppose to be tech savvy people.
 
Dr. Righteous said:
For the subcontractor I work with; If I see a @aol.com email address I tell them they need to at least switch gmail.
Nothing says "I'm incompetent" like a aol address.
And these are suppose to be tech savvy people.
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I don't know if you're over the age of 60, having an AOL email is acceptable. If you're below 30 with an AOL account, then yes I think you're probably incompetent.
 
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