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Tom Villante
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Pros
"Excellent work/life balance and flexibility" (in 10 reviews)
"Free snacks, Bagel Wednesdays, and Social Hour Thursdays" (in 15 reviews)
Cons
"People in the upper management are hired because they are part of the clique, and don't have a clue what they are doing" (in 11 reviews)
"Senior management making decisions when seen from the outside as counter productive" (in 8 reviews)
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"Great Company"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Yapstone full-time
Pros
Great People to work with and they treat employees great,
Cons
None they are fair and good to work with.
Yapstone 2018-09-04 11:08 PDT Helpful (1)
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"Best job I’ve ever had"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Yapstone full-time (More than a year)
Pros
People are friendly and respectful
Fun environment
Good work life balance
Opportunity to build and learn
Always food and activitiesCons
Need for process and infrastructure
Goals aren’t always clearYapstone 2019-03-14 22:59 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Great Progress"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Yapstone full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Been with the company 2 years. Seeing great progress. With recent change, company is focusing on serving market places which is a huge and growing. Also super glad to see the new micro services based modern platform coming to life. Long awaited & much needed.
Cons
Domestic payment processing is getting crowded
Advice to Management
Both are nice strategies, be at it!
Yapstone 2019-04-17 07:15 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Exciting place to be!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Yapstone full-time (More than a year)
Pros
This company is growing fast which means lots of new opportunities for learning and growth. Everybody I've encountered is very friendly and proud to work here.
Cons
It is hard for me to think of a con, because I love working here so much...maybe it could be that the company is growing quickly so we might take a little while to get the cutting edge technology like the newest cell phones, computer, and data tools. ...but the company works very hard to get up to speed and I fully believe Yapstone is going to do big things!
Yapstone 2019-04-02 15:43 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Great people... Needs structure"
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RecommendsApproves of CEOI worked at Yapstone full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
The people are the best asset - always willing to help and very positive.
Cons
Training is pretty much "on the fly" - it seems like each person has their own procedures. This makes for inconsistency and the customers do complain.
Advice to Management
Take the time and make the investment in developing consistent procedures and training so that the customers aren't as confused.
Yapstone 2019-03-20 08:53 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Interesting changeling job with absolutely terrible management on many levels"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Yapstone full-time (More than a year)
Pros
- I learned a lot and was able to make a lot of critical improvements that made me feel much better about my skills
- I was working with many amazing people who helped me to push myself and learn more
- it is easy to impress people with very simple things and they start praising you as a lifesaverCons
- many people not in the right place. My manager (manager for data team) was absolutely not qualified for that job, but it took more than a year for management to admit it. Many more examples.
- there are recognition for small quick changes that are used as an example all the time, but no recognition for really serious changes that have helped to solve gigantic problems. For example, I made database work way better and core processes started working many times faster, but it took me many meeting to push in prod and deploy. And later they pretended that huge improvement they seeing has nothing to do with my work.
- they submit many fake review here.Advice to Management
I can't say much about top management, but middle management must be improved a lot.
Yapstone 2019-03-19 21:52 PDTHelpful (7)
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"Toxic Working Environment, Run!"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Yapstone full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Close to WC Bart Station
Cons
People in the upper management are hired because they are part of the clique, and don't have a clue what they are doing. Your achievement is measured based on how close you are to the inner circle, not your contributions. It's real life version of "The Office" and "Silicon Valley". Office managers are weird. HR thrive in the toxic environment.
Advice to Management
Start over?
Yapstone 2019-02-28 18:04 PST![Yapstone Logo]()
"Potentially Great Company"
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Approves of CEOI worked at Yapstone full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Leadership seemed to be ok. You will get your hands on a lot of tools, and also be able to learn them in and out as you will also be configuring them for the majority.
Cons
Lots of shifting people. Not only in leadership, but also in general population. Collaboration between teams is not the best
Yapstone 2019-02-07 19:25 PSTHelpful (6)
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"Stay away at all costs."
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No opinion of CEOI worked at Yapstone full-time
Pros
Good location in the East Bay
Cons
Everything but location Yapstone will wear you out then kick you to the curb, and someone else will take credit for your work. If you are looking for immigration status they may help and keep you there. Indentured servitude seems to be what they like. All of the good, reasonable people move on.
Advice to Management
Quit. Go somewhere you can really make a difference. Yapstone has many "potential" awards for years and years, but will never realize it.
Yapstone 2019-02-01 14:44 PSTHelpful (6)
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"Underwriter"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Yapstone full-time
Pros
Good people and they gave us a lot of food
Cons
Awful management that helped personal friends rather then promoting people who actual work hard
Advice to Management
Get new managers
Yapstone 2019-01-07 18:20 PST
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