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Found 5,371 of over 6K reviews
4.0
76% Recommend to a Friend
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Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone
69% Approve of CEO

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4.0
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Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone
Jim Lanzone
304 Ratings

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Pros
  • "you get to work with (sometimtes) great people and hours are very flexible.(in 671 reviews)
  • "Good benefits (great for mums)(in 468 reviews)
  • "covid the culture and atmosphere was great but not anymore I guess(in 353 reviews)
  • "Generally work life balance at Yahoo! is good except for 20 percent of the jobs.(in 288 reviews)
  • "free food and resources(in 279 reviews)
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    1. 5.0
      Oct 12, 2023
      Network Engineer
      Current Employee, less than 1 year
      San Jose, CA
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great team work and open discussion

      Cons

      Company performance may not be stellar each quarter

      1. 2.0
        Nov 29, 2023
        Software Engineer
        Current Employee, more than 1 year
        Recommend
        CEO Approval
        Business Outlook

        Pros

        - Interesting projects, especially with the company's age. - Can be a fine work environment.

        Cons

        - On-call rotations are difficult. No reduction in responsibilities or increase in compensation while on-call. - Shaky management. Frequently uses fear of layoffs as a strategy to motivate employees. - Higher ups make a big show of mental health and time off being important, while making no actual effort to support employees trying to utilize such resources. - Abusive senior coworkers. Hazing is common. - Infrequent check-ins / support for employees to surface issues. - "Anonymous" feedback will be read in front of teams and org - Compensation isn't that great when factoring burnt on unrealistic responsibilities. - Micromangement & code surveillance tools are being introduced to score engineers based off of git metrics.

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        1. 2.0
          Nov 14, 2023
          Director, Sales
          Former Employee, more than 8 years
          New York, NY
          Recommend
          CEO Approval
          Business Outlook

          Pros

          Pays extremely well, good work life balance. Managers are very hands off.

          Cons

          No career opportunities unless you're white and in the CEO's boys club. New owner has been trying to downsize the company at every opportunity. Terminated the SSP globally for majority of publishers, terminated native product and investment handed it over to Taboola. Closed most of our global offices that took decades to grow, sold/selling Asian business, completely dissolved LATAM business. The only Ads business left is the DSP and that is also due to be sold or terminated as new owner has little interest in running global ad business. There are almost no backfills for anyone who leaves or laid off - product and engineering teams have been completely annihilated compared to 1 year ago.

          1. 2.0
            Oct 18, 2023
            Senior Manager
            Former Employee, more than 1 year
            Recommend
            CEO Approval
            Business Outlook

            Pros

            Reasonable work-life balance, decent benefits + pay, remote work flexibility

            Cons

            CEO is personable but is very hands off and simply delegates decision making to GMs, no overarching vision or strategy. Company merely exists to keep Apollo and its investors happy, at the expense of employees, culture, morale, ESG ambitions, etc. The AdTech arm in particular is treated like the awkward stepchild and is neglected by the wider organization. Non-stop waves of layoffs despite being told that being privately owned makes the company more insulated from market headwinds. Sadly, ESG and diversity goals are all fluff and no substance.

            3
            1. 5.0
              Nov 27, 2023
              Technical Implementation Specialist
              Former Employee, more than 10 years
              Dulles, VA
              Recommend
              CEO Approval
              Business Outlook

              Pros

              Excellent benefits, 401k matching, perks, remote, smart and collaborative people

              Cons

              Long interview process, continuous layoffs

              1. 4.0
                Nov 1, 2023
                Senior Technica Project Manager
                Former Employee, more than 8 years
                Ashburn, VA
                Recommend
                CEO Approval
                Business Outlook

                Pros

                Engineers are sharp. Great to work with. Middle managers are very good. Benefits are excellent. Products (Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Mail) are well known. Company making big investments in moving infrastructure to the cloud.

                Cons

                Apollo- a private equity firm - acquired Yahoo in 2021. The deal marked the fastest ever return on investment for Apollo. Despite this, they are still cutting employees and products in 2023/2024. Not a good place to work if you are looking for stability. Lots of employees are worried about their jobs.

                1. 3.0
                  Nov 22, 2023
                  Business Manager
                  Current Employee, more than 3 years
                  Seattle, WA
                  Recommend
                  CEO Approval
                  Business Outlook

                  Pros

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                  Cons

                  too much work at times and failed to accommodate staff

                  1. 5.0
                    Nov 20, 2023
                    Ad Operations Specialist
                    Former Employee, more than 1 year
                    Omaha, NE
                    Recommend
                    CEO Approval
                    Business Outlook

                    Pros

                    Great team, benefits, culture, fully remote

                    Cons

                    Bonuses based on goals were hard to hit sometimes

                    1. 4.0
                      Nov 16, 2023
                      SW Engineer
                      Former Employee, more than 8 years
                      Champaign, IL
                      Recommend
                      CEO Approval
                      Business Outlook

                      Pros

                      The Champaign site had a great group of people that work really well together.

                      Cons

                      Decisions at CTO level took too long to make.

                      1. 4.0
                        Nov 20, 2023
                        Administrative Assistant
                        Former Employee
                        Los Angeles, CA
                        Recommend
                        CEO Approval
                        Business Outlook

                        Pros

                        Great experience and great staff overall

                        Cons

                        Always kept busy but i enjoyed that

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                      Yahoo has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 6,063 reviews left anonymously by employees. 76% of employees would recommend working at Yahoo to a friend and 47% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

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                      76% of Yahoo employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Yahoo 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

                      According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Yahoo to be culture, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be senior leadership, career development, management.

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                      I haven't worked since Jan. 2020 when my job as administrative assistant for the Hospitalist group was eliminated. I can't begin to count the number of applications submitted, interviews I've had, jobs that I was told were mine then they weren't, etc. Several jobs have fallen through or not panned out. I am not a job hopper and want to stay where I go. I have a zoom interview tomorrow for a front desk receptionist position at an oral surgeon's office. Any interview tips are appreciated.

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