Great people, questionable direction - Senior Software Development Engineer Yahoo Employee Review

4.0
Nov 11, 2018
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Pros

- Exceptional engineering talent: I worked with some of the brightest and most professional people I have ever met - Great educational and advancement opportunities for new grads (Engineering Associates Program, Design Associates Program, etc) - EXCELLENT benefits, which is to say, very competitive benefits in Silicon Valley (free meals, gym, on-site health and wellness center, great insurance, 401k matching, etc) - Generous PTO policy: 15 -> 20 PTO days after 3 years, 6 floating holidays (you get them immediately at the beginning of the year, no slow accrual), unlimited sick days

Cons

- Retention: the company struggles with retaining this aforementioned talent - Since the Verizon acquisition, corporate leadership feels fairly distant, and mostly interested in the sales side of the company - Varying levels of quality and leadership across different divisions of the company

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Mar 27, 2026
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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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