No Upward Mobility - Senior Program Manager Yahoo Employee Review

2.0
Oct 6, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Solid benefits. Solid pay. Most co-workers are good people. Lots of smart people as well to learn from and be around.

Cons

Don't expect a promotion for busting your butt and taking on more work. It's all about which projects you're on and how you spin your accomplishments, and whether or not your manager wants to promote you.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Relatively easy to get things done for a company with such a long history. Certainly not "start up" like, but processes like resource allocation have less overhead than working at a company like Google. Pay was pretty good for the midwest. I hear they are currently pretty open to remote work. It's also not the hardest place to work.

Cons

Opportunities are limited in software engineering. Since Apollo took over, SE was viewed mostly under the lens of "what is the least we can invest here to get the job done". There used to be a really good office in Champaign with lots of very talented software engineers put together. That's gone now.

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