Yahoo is a shitshow - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II Yahoo Employee Review

1.0
7 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Wlb is great. There is no pro working here career wise unless you are in yahoo finance or maybe news.

Cons

Its a shitshow. There is no direction. Higher ups are just waiting to retire. Pay is below moderate. 401k is down from 6 to 4%. If its the only offer you have, join. There is no standard onboarding because they hire so less. Also they layoff every few months.

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4.0
27 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Relatively easy to get things done for a company with such a long history. Certainly not "start up" like, but processes like resource allocation have less overhead than working at a company like Google. Pay was pretty good for the midwest. I hear they are currently pretty open to remote work. It's also not the hardest place to work.

Cons

Opportunities are limited in software engineering. Since Apollo took over, SE was viewed mostly under the lens of "what is the least we can invest here to get the job done". There used to be a really good office in Champaign with lots of very talented software engineers put together. That's gone now.

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