Product improving, but outlook isn't - Senior Program Manager Yahoo Employee Review

3.0
Nov 10, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of new and improved products. Good energy and nice perks (free food). A feeling that we're working on something important (even though the rest of the world disagrees)

Cons

Too many leaders in senior roles that shouldn't be. Yahoo has all these Directors who are basically just front-line managers (no manager reports). Trying to retain by giving inflated titles is a sign of desperation..

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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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