Yahoo Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Yahoo?

"The culture was great and the facilities had everything you could imagine."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Do your research on the division your interviewing with. If your division is not mission critical you'll be the first in line for layoffs in this crazy economy."

What don't you like about working at Yahoo?

"The layoffs are almost guaranteed if the stock drops or there's a bump in the economy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Overall my manager was great. Very fact driven individuals and the politics were subdued."

"Yahoo is a great technology company to work for."

What do you like about working at Yahoo?

"Everything is great; the place, the management, the salaries and the people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You must be very smart to have a position with Yahoo."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Please keep up your great work."

What do you like about working at Yahoo?

"The cool office digs and the open structure made it a great place to come to work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared. The interviews are tough but fair. They're looking for the best talent so it's safe to say you'll be put through the ringer."

What don't you like about working at Yahoo?

"They're quick to pull the trigger and axe divisions as the CEO's change quite often."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to your army as they are the ones in the trenches every day."

What do you like about working at Yahoo?

"It's the best industry education you can get. Web services, search and digital advertising."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you get an offer, take it. You will learn a huge amount in a short period of time."

What don't you like about working at Yahoo?

"It's so diverse that sometimes there isn't enough focus and it's hard to get things done."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Put 10-20% of the company aside to innovate without boundaries."

What do you like about working at Yahoo?

"I liked everything about working at Yahoo and never had any issues."

What don't you like about working at Yahoo?

"There was nothing I disliked about the company except my position was relocated to California."

"9 years of high-availability, scalable architecture at Yahoo."

What do you like about working at Yahoo?

"Amazing benefits, great co-workers, outstanding immediate management, massive infrastructure to play with - lots of buttons to press and knobs to turn, to put it bluntly."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Positive attitude, play well with others, love what you do, have passion and drive."

What don't you like about working at Yahoo?

"Lack of upper management vision, less qualified people sticking around due to a 4 year stock option vesting period. Using open source technology that has been heavily modified and is now years out of date."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the teams and managers that produce RESULTS, not the teams that *appear* to produce results."

"It was a really good culture to work in."

What do you like about working at Yahoo?

"To see the other side of the computer screen and understand how things work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Bring your A game. Yahoo likes to have the best."

What don't you like about working at Yahoo?

"The continuous talks of layoffs and staffing cuts done by the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To simply be more forthcoming about cuts were to be done."

"Disposable contractor, employment in constant doubt."

What do you like about working at Yahoo?

"The work was simple and easy to learn. Coworkers and managers were generally helpful and friendly."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"None. I was hired after a short phone interview."

What don't you like about working at Yahoo?

"Constant layoffs and scrutiny over job performance. Work was often repetitive. Zero opportunity for growth as contractors."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The contraction of the company and continuous rounds of layoffs couldn't have been predicted, but once it became apparent that there was no chance of promotion to full-time, being honest in that reality is preferable, instead of trying to flirt with maybes that weren't even a possibility."

"Amazing and awe inspiring. The culture, the people, and the business were awesome!"

What do you like about working at Yahoo?

"I enjoyed the fast pace environment and the people who worked towards the goals."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If your career is important to you, only apply at the corporate office."

What don't you like about working at Yahoo?

"I did not enjoy the lack of career opportunities that I had after the Microsoft partnership."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"As a manager myself, I would suggest that a more streamlined process for communication."