Yellowpages.com Employee Reviews for Anonymous Employee

"The people at YP are great! They were still trying to figure things out after the split with AT&T, so that was a little bit tough. Because of that, the turnover was really high. Plus, the CEO, although pretty good otherwise, did not offer the staff the ability to telework, despite the change in times and workplace norms."

"This company has great potential although the biggest flaws it faces are the resistance to change and lack of respect to employees. As a top rated rep I received little to no recognition for my achievements. They also sent someone who lost the company over 240,000 on their CEO trip whereas I had made the company money and wasn't eligible to go."

"Pretty good company to work for."

"Be smart, don't start. If you like micro management, pay and benefits cuts and outsourcing, this may be the place for you. The yellow pages are not used and are dead but they still want you to sell it. If you're unethical enough to sell ads that you know won't do anything but cost your clients money, this may be a good fit for you."

"This company outsourced the entire graphic department to India."

"I've worked for YP.com for a couple of years. It is a very relaxed job but I don't feel there is much room for advancement. It is difficult to complete tasks due to vendor and management issues. Employees are relaxed and pleasant enough."

"It's a cool dot-com pretending to be a boring IT shop."

What do you like about working at Yellowpages.com?

"Good people in my group, Glendale is a nice city to work in. Playing with the latest tools."

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

"You're not interviewing at some boring IT shop. Be prepared: know your algorithms, know your coding stuff. Be up on the latest Java or Ruby on Rails. (I can't tell you the number of people I've helped to interview who were surprised at our high expectations.)"

What don't you like about working at Yellowpages.com?

"Compensation package is a little weak compared to places like Yahoo or Google: great 401k, good medical, fair salary. Stock options What is this stock option thing you speak of Substantial discounts on AT&T mobile, U-verse, home phone service."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do a salary survey. Be willing to spend on the good guys. And for goodness sake, stop positioning yourselves as an IT shop: we're a Ruby on Rails using the latest and greatest dot-com stuff!"