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      Yelp Software Developer reviews

      3.9

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (179 total reviews)
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      Jeremy Stoppelman

      78% approve of CEO

      26% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.4

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      Software Developer employees have rated Yelp with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 179 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Yelp is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      Reviews by job title

      179 reviews
      5.0
      Aug 1, 2018

      Software Engineer

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Constantly changing engineering culture. Employees are motivated and quite driven.

      Cons

      Catered lunch only on Fridays, but the kitchen is usually well-stocked.

      3.0
      Jun 20, 2018

      I'd give this place 3.5 stars if I could

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great work-life balance. Generous benefits (on par with other Bay Area tech companies). Strong engineering culture. Engineering and recruiting actively care about improving diversity and creating an atmosphere where everybody is welcome. Yelp’s public reputation may be iffy, but most of the people who work there are amazing. The majority of engineers are nice, helpful people. Jeremy Stoppelman seems like a truly good person who has the best intentions for the company and who wants to put good things back into the world. The weird part of working for Yelp was balancing the public’s perception with my own experience since the two tended to clash.

      Cons

      Easy to get stuck on projects that are doomed for failure. Product management is very homogenous and that branch of the org’s diversity is extremely weak. More than a few bullies have found a comfortable place in the upper reaches of Product. Definitely has an old boy’s club feel. No feedback structures exist between engineers and product management. As an engineer, 80% of my direction on projects came straight from Product, but any feedback I had- positive or negative-had to be relayed through my engineering manager. HR could be more receptive to benefits changes that the org cares about.

      4.0
      May 26, 2018

      Great engineering culture

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Really great working culture. With roughly 500 engineers, people know each other names and expertise. Lots of room to grow

      Cons

      No catering food. Bad happy hours events.

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