Fearless Feedback! Tech Workers Dish Dirt on Their Employers
Yahoo
Senior Product Manager (current employee):
The company is like a rudderless ship, lost in the ocean. It almost feels like senior management decides strategy on a trial and error basis.
Technical Yahoo (current employee):
Part of it could be my own fault for not tooting my own horn enough, but there was essentially no recognition for any amount of good work, at least among my direct co-workers. There also did not seem to be many opportunities for advancement. Additionally, there was very poor leadership from the top on down in terms of priorities and projects, with huge swings from week to week.
Anonymous (current employee):
It was a great company to start with. It paved the way for many new ideas and bring them to reality, inspiring a million others. Now its lost within its success.
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Look at EBay’s CEO Disapproval rating…almost half. Big ‘ouch!’.
I can’t decide if Steve Jobs at 91% is amazing or horrendous… The only people with approval numbers that “high” are third-world dictators.
Why can’t people just drink the Donahoe kool-aid and go along with all his and his management team’s lies.
Fearless? Seriously? These people are anonymous. Fearless would be to 1. go to the CEO and give him/ her this feedback then 2. offer to fix things and indeed do your best to fix things, failing which 3. quit. Oh wait, the economy is in the doldrums, isn’t it? The fearless are afraid to lose their jobs.
No, quite the contrary, savvy tech workers dish dirt to their own company and create an opportunity for thelmselves. No one will get a promotion or raise in these times sitting at their desk doing the same job. You must upsell yourself, dishing dirt can work to you advantage if done correctly.
Now you have some good stocks to short ;-)