Yahoo reviews

4.1

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,944 total reviews)
avatar

Jim Lanzone

72% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Yahoo has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,944 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).

Reviews by job title

6K reviews
4.0
Oct 24, 2011

Fun and fulfilling working environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a fun and yet challenging environment to work in

Cons

Internal transfer is difficult due to management disagreement

4.0
Oct 18, 2011

Awesome company with bad senior management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Exposure to new & upcoming technologies, smart engineers, great benefits, collaborative work environment, fun events and perfect work life balance

Cons

Lack of direction at senior level, demoralized workforce, constant bad news about layoffs reorgs or buying off company, bad press

5.0
Aug 25, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart engineers Fun people to work with Lively and happy atmosphere Very good work/life balance Good use of (some) open source code and tools Good benefits for full time employees

Cons

No clear direction for engineering. Not able to take engineering risks to innovate Pressure to launch with out much thought on maintenance Strong "not invented here" pressure against non-yahoo code

Viewing 5920 - 5922 of 5,944 Reviews

Glassdoor has 6,874 Yahoo reviews submitted anonymously by Yahoo employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Yahoo is right for you.