Yahoo means Layoff - Principal Engineer Yahoo Employee Review

1.0
Nov 8, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It is a company where you can have good work life balance but only if you survive because in yahoo it's all about layoffs.

Cons

1-You'll be expecting next Layoffs all the time. 2-Too many managers, 50% 3-Too many changes in the name of strategy but no body is sure if they'll survive next layoff 4-Difficult to change team if you really want to get there in fair way, if you have connects then it works. 5-You'll Old technology new stuff are never meant for yahoo. 6-It's a sinking ship. Layoffs are next.

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