Yahoo Reviews in Burbank, CA

Pros

Work is rewarding, world class, ground breaking. new technologies, career growth is good.

Cons

Industry is killing the Yahoo stock and thus leading to company loosing its vision. Every new management guy has a new vision :(

Advice to Senior Management

Stick with a plan - not make a new plan every year.

Pros

Great people and a positive company culture. Nice perks like free fancy coffee drinks and regular company parties. For me personally, I thought all my bosses were generous and fair.

Cons

The constant spectre of layoffs brought down morale. Many of my close friends at the company got laid off. There were too many organizational re-orgs which didn't really make any difference.

Advice to Senior Management

Be honest with your employees when the company is going through difficult times. Everyone knew the issues going on, so we'd rather hear the truth rather than a bunch of everything-is-wonderful cheerleading.

Pros

Really fun, great smart colleagues, competitive pay, opportunity for growth, offices worldwide, recognized brand.

Cons

You can get lost in the sea of people but you can still get noticed. Sometimes there are 'favorites' that get promoted and you may not agree but that happens with any company. After having seen how other companies work, I would have never left Yahoo!

Advice to Senior Management

You're doing a great job. I wish you well. I hope to see the stock climb up again! Go Yahoo!

Pros

nice people, and working environment.

Cons

top management don't have future goal.

Advice to Senior Management

focus on products

Pros

The people and Y! environment were great. They made sure you were trained and updated on any changes within the company.

Cons

Always #2. The company has to figure out organization for upper level mgmnt.

Pros

Fun, big, international, lots of room for growth or movement (if you're savvy), and really smart people.

Cons

Same as any other place: Sometimes the ass-kissers tend to get more noticed. But that's mostly for the egotistical or shallow managers (which are rare). The lot is pretty fantastic. Can't say anything bad about Yahoo!

Advice to Senior Management

Be clear, be sure to promote on merit and train manager to be really good motivators so that people stay and continue working with Yahoo!

Pros

Great for the resume
Nice perks

Cons

Micro managing
Favoritism
Goals constantly changing
Poor communication

Pros

It's a great, casual environment. Able to work in projects and collaborate with others.

Cons

If you intern not on the main headquarter, you miss out on many intern events.

Pros

Low bureaucracy
Smart team of engineers - one always learns new technology and new ideas
Fair compensation - comparable to the market
Good health and vacation benefits
Startup culture not going away yet

Cons

Stock options suck
Leadership fails to grow the company

Advice to Senior Management

Set targets for yourselves for the following two, announce your targets to employees, let all compare your targets to your achievements at the end of quarter/year. Don't play with words please.

 Search market share
 Revenue growth

Pros

Good, mature company where you can get experience at scale. Given the audience trends that are not in Yahoo!'s favor, beware that you stay too long. Its good to have on your resume and for some high impact training, but leverage their brand for a good position at a company that's actually growing as soon as you can.

Cons

Poor executive team leadership (what is the strategy to win back the audience share of mind from consumers?).
Executives struggle to get aligned behind a corporate vision and strategy, because it appears that they can't agree on an actionable one.

Advice to Senior Management

Simplify, simplify, simplify. Make strategic goals actionable and measurable. Make more command decisions--don't worry, the troops WANT this to happen to improve traction; they won't see it as dictatorial!