Yahoo reviews

4.1

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,945 total reviews)
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Jim Lanzone

72% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Yahoo has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,945 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Yahoo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
1.0
Apr 14, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some nice people. Coffee. Reasonable compensation, after waiting 5 years for them to adjust to market.

Cons

Mid-management only focused on keeping their jobs. Constant re-orgs based on same. Too many managers and absurd levels of micro-management. Up to 6 meetings a day, to give the appearance of accomplishing something. No job security. Seniority, loyalty and hard work mean nothing. Cannot complain to anyone about anything, including HR. The walls have ears. Favoritism and retaliation rules. Raises and promotions denied for years on end, unless you're a suckup. Painful all-hands meetings full of happy talk and not-so-happy remarks about employee effort. Morale worse than ever - fear and depression walk the halls, hidden behind smile-masks. Other than that, it's a cool place to work.

2.0
Nov 14, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pays extremely well, good work life balance. Managers are very hands off.

Cons

No career opportunities unless you're white and in the CEO's boys club. New owner has been trying to downsize the company at every opportunity. Terminated the SSP globally for majority of publishers, terminated native product and investment handed it over to Taboola. Closed most of our global offices that took decades to grow, sold/selling Asian business, completely dissolved LATAM business. The only Ads business left is the DSP and that is also due to be sold or terminated as new owner has little interest in running global ad business. There are almost no backfills for anyone who leaves or laid off - product and engineering teams have been completely annihilated compared to 1 year ago.

2.0
Oct 18, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Reasonable work-life balance, decent benefits + pay, remote work flexibility

Cons

CEO is personable but is very hands off and simply delegates decision making to GMs, no overarching vision or strategy. Company merely exists to keep Apollo and its investors happy, at the expense of employees, culture, morale, ESG ambitions, etc. The AdTech arm in particular is treated like the awkward stepchild and is neglected by the wider organization. Non-stop waves of layoffs despite being told that being privately owned makes the company more insulated from market headwinds. Sadly, ESG and diversity goals are all fluff and no substance.

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