Yahoo

Yahoo treats regular employees well. They are trying to implement new management techniques like "Tribal Leadership" and "KanBan." The free food is a nice perk, but it really helps the company since there are no nearby restaurants. To a contractor, it felt like regular employees were satisfied overall with their jobs.

My immediate managers were terrible. Hands-off is okay, but they gave no feedback or misleading information. In retrospect, I felt I was being set up to fail. For contractors, tribal leadership means you get voted off the island before you even have a chance to see where the island is.

Check on how your middle managers handle contractors. If a middle manager recommends terminating contracts after five weeks in the middle of training, something is seriously broken somewhere.

Either your hiring process is broken, or your expectations are unrealistic. Try to figure out what's broken first. My impression is Ready, Fire, Aim is what is going on.

I came into Yahoo with a positive attitude, ready and able to make a contribution. I feel betrayed and disillusioned. Getting let go the same day two new people are brought in is just wrong.

Perhaps terror tactics work at first for dictatorships, but they usually end badly for the dictators and the countries they lead.