Technology that has been passed by others, people who are walking in sand and in a profitable industry. - Program Manager Yahoo Employee Review

3.0
Jul 22, 2008
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Pros

Yahoo has great employees, especially in the search marketing department. I learned a great deal from my peers and managers and basically everyone was willing to take time out of their busy day to help educate a new person. I found the teams I worked with willing to share the kudos for a job will done and willing to help out when projects were in trouble. Yahoo also has a enormous user base which allows for fast testing of ideas and doesn't make the company reliant on any one product or service. Finally, Yahoo has a great campus in Sunnyvale and the actual working environment is enjoyable.

Cons

Yahoo's technology is old and is constantly in catchup mode. Google, Facebook, etc passed Yahoo and have never looked back. Because Yahoo is always playing catchup, to get ahead they need massive releases that never fully work out. Playing from behind also drives product releases to happen before the product and services are fully ready. Yahoo also suffers from too many cooks in the kitchen and poor integration of past mergers. For instance, the search and display sales teams spent the first 3 years apart after Yahoo acquired Overture. The technology is still not integrated. This put Yahoo at a disadvantage when the combination of these assets should have been an advantage.

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5.0
Jul 15, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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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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