Matrix Structure Kills Ambitions - Marketing Director Yahoo Employee Review

2.0
Jan 3, 2009
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Pros

Yahoo! is a diverse business and if you make the effort you can learn a lot. It has some really smart people. Generally, people are very respectful of one another.

Cons

Matrix organisation which gets worse in Europe. Very political and the wrong people are promoted. Management does not make hard decisions about people. They keep people who are mediocre for too long. That is why they are in such a mess now.

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5.0
Jul 15, 2026
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Pros

Great place to work at

Cons

Sometimes not a great place to work at

4.0
Mar 27, 2026
Recommend
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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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