As Yahoo lays off hundreds, possibly thousands, of employees, our commenters are filling us in on the details. Commenter Winston Smith writes that laid-off employees are getting two months' severance, not the usual three months Yahoo has previously offered. (Other commenters disagree, reporting three-month packages.) The unfortunate will also not be getting their 2007 bonus. Commenter supernoob offers this anecdote:

A contact in [Santa Monica] seemingly got the ax today, he went from "BRB, Meeting" to logged off, to "Looking for a career" on LinkedIn.

Status updates have never been so enlightening. (Photo by pjryan3)