Yelp Software Engineer reviews

3.9

80% would recommend to a friend

(180 total reviews)
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Jeremy Stoppelman

78% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Yelp with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 180 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Yelp is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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180 reviews
1.0
Aug 20, 2017

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

work life balance is not bad

Cons

The manager in the team I was working in is the worst manager ever. She treated the team member like cogs in a big machine not like people.

5.0
Feb 7, 2017

Great culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Yelp has setup best practices and engineering culture. No blame policy

Cons

Conservative approach to product design Systems and methods are always in a flux (how to use product mangement tool, seating arrangements, etc.)

4.0
Nov 15, 2016

Overall positive

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Friday lunches catered, great working environment, strong team members, high mobility within company, low churn

Cons

Poor 401k matching, middle-of-the-road benefits and compensation, restrictive remote working policies, on-call work breaks into work-life balance (should have Mondays or Fridays off during on-call rotation).

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