Yahoo – “yahoo is still trying to re-invent itself”

Pros

Yahoo! continues to have plenty of intellectual talent despite waves of re-orgs and layoffs. CEO and CTO send a clearer message to folks on where to focus and to understand what's important.

Cons

Competing fiefdoms and platforms continue to plague execution of strategies to unify disparate systems. Internal re-orgs continue to impact employee morale, managers and engineering resources are starved in some areas.

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to have stronger direction on which platforms live or die. Product management need to articulate better vision to compete with new and stronger competitors such as FB and Twitter.