Yahoo Reviews in United Kingdom

I worked at Yahoo full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Brand is very well known, great people and some very good (well one) snr management.

Cons – directionless, poor middle management, little benefit

Advice to Senior Management – listen to your employees and stop promoting people who suck up

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Yahoo

Pros – Interesting international opportunities and the chance to work on some interesting project. Generally a relaxed environment and nice co-workers.

Cons – Talent has left the company in droves recently. It's not clear where senior management wants to take the company and what business Yahoo is in. There's very little innovative thinking left at the company and people are less willing to take risks. Corporate mentality has set in.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus attention and innovate.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Yahoo

Pros – High profile global projects. Great experiences, working alongside some extremely talented people. Nice office, perfect location in the heart of London. Free fizzy drinks.

Cons – Severe lack of direction - zero organisation/hierarchy. Constant restructures and lay-offs. Continuous bombardment of pessimistic media reports. Poor management skills and training throughout the business. Little or no personal development opportunities (unless you are lucky). A severe lack of resources in Europe, despite watching the US marketing team shovel money into pointless plastic toys and vanity websites which do nothing to change the user perception of the brand. General frustration.

Advice to Senior Management – End the blame culture, be brave.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Yahoo

Pros – Yahoo! is a diverse business and if you make the effort you can learn a lot.

It has some really smart people. Generally, people are very respectful of one another.

Cons – Matrix organisation which gets worse in Europe.
Very political and the wrong people are promoted.
Management does not make hard decisions about people. They keep people who are mediocre for too long. That is why they are in such a mess now.

Advice to Senior Management – Work much quicker. Stop being wishy-washy. Create a strategy and then let the smart people below to develop and implement a tactical plan

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend