The remote office at Champaign, IL, Yahoo/ Oath/ Verizon Media - Software Development Engineer Yahoo Employee Review

1.0
Jul 11, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Less people, Village location, very few software companies. Majority of companies in this location do not offer visa immigration support. Two hours from Indianapolis. 3 hours from Chicago. Read more the team blind [dot] com.

Cons

Uncertain career. Salaries at 50-60 percentile. Managers have no clue of work visa immigration support. No HR in this office location. No payroll staff in this office location. No immigration staff in this office location. Most employees are locals and also the citizens. Extreme winter weather. If you're immigrant, you'll be treaded badly. No promotions. No rewards.

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Cons

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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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