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

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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179 reviews
1.0
Feb 11, 2018

Software engineer

Recommend
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Pros

1. A free lunch every Friday

Cons

1. ask you about your interest and then pip you if you really spent time on your interest 2. old technology 3. below average pay 4. depressing working environment as the company is not doing well

5.0
Feb 2, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Good culture Fun work environment Engineers have a lot of freedom No deadlines (!) Very passionate product team Very capable engineers Very little process and limited meetings especially for engineers. Good speed of execution- Code is deployed 3 times a day for main monolith and can be deployed unlimited times on demand for backend services. Apps are released every 2 months. Great location- huge building and right in downtown Great stock refresh plan Very open culture when it comes to execs talking about roadmaps, and honest company performance. Very collaborative environment - you can ping any engineer on any team on irc in team chat rooms. There are on point members for every team who will respond to any questions. Even debugging code (wow) Free lunch on fridays, free birthday cake from team on birthdays. $$ to spend on ‘productivity items’ like your favorite keyboard, book, noise cancelling headphones. Recently efforts being made to show gratitude and make employees feel valuable (its working) like yelpiversary cards (work anniversary) Quarterly ‘reviews’ which aren’t really performance reviews- they are conversations with your manager to set expectations and give feedback. Free ASL classes, free movie nights every fortnight. I worked for a big company before this and though that company has a big name- I didn’t enjoy the culture, work at all. I’m blown away by this company.

Cons

Might not find challenging projects depending on team. Outsiders have a perception that yelp is not doing anything new/innovative. Quarterly review system is great but engineers don’t know what to look forward to or build their career. Need to be pro active about your career growth at the company.

5.0
Dec 25, 2017

Rewarding

Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Great location, great work-life balance (might depend on team/specialization). Lots of opportunities to learn and move around within the company (deputyships)

Cons

Possibly slightly below average on perks and compensation relative to other companies

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