company struggled to find focus - Product Marketing Manager Yahoo Employee Review

3.0
Aug 28, 2009
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Pros

Relatively high profile company with huge audience and thus impact on consumers. Progressive work environment. Major player in the Internet sector, with international scope and multiple category leading services.

Cons

Management as not unified on company strategy. There were many functional areas with over-lapping responsibilities. This led to some organization confusion, and hindered the company's ability to introduce new products. Too much emphasis on "cool/fun".

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Pros

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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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