Marissa Mayer Arming All Yahoo Employees iPhone 5’s

New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer might be anxious to get Yahoo turned around and revive the reputation, image, and value of the internet powerhouse but it this irresponsible and superficial or just plain super-cool? Mayer sent an email to all of Yahoo’s full time and part time employees in the US and said they would receive new smartphones under their internal program, “Yahoo! Smart Phones, Smart Fun!”.

Through the program, employees will have a choice of phones (along with data and voice plans) that includes the iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X, HTC Evo 4G LTE, or Nokia Lumia 920. Notice anyone missing from the list? It’s just not going to get better for Blackberry is it….

According to a Yahoo memo, the idea is for Yahoo employees to use similar devices to what their users have so they can think and work like a majority of their users do. “People are happy,” Yahoo says. The program will cost Yahoo a few million dollars, but if the benefit will be a more informed and motivated workforce then Yahoo is on the right track to turn-around.

Read the article from businessinsider here: http://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-just-gave-every-yahoo-employee-an-iphone-5-2012-9#ixzz26w6RQjcZ