take the good, take the bad, and there you have... - Program Manager Yahoo Employee Review

4.0
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

as far as .coms goes, its yahoo. Everybody knows the brand, including grandmothers. Some very smart people work there The perks are not bad, free coffee, nice campus with gym, cafeteria, bus to work.

Cons

long commutes for the many people that live in San Francisco. Management and bereaucratic mess where divisions have competing missions. That results in diminishing morale and antagonistic workplace. For example, sales and product are on very different pages, without clear directions from both sides. And of course there are people who shouldn't be there at all, incompetent war mongers who waste precious resources.

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5.0
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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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