Work-life balance is dead at Yahoo
Work-life balance is dead at Yahoo
Smart people, difficult problems.
Excellent compensation and benefits.
Work-life balance! Under Marissa's leadership, employees have started to demand insane work hours on the theory that Yahoo is fighting for its life.
Also, as a former manager at Yahoo, I can say that QPR (stack ranking) is completely arbitrary. Managers give their rankings, and VPs can override them on a whim in calibration.
The only way to get high ratings is to be "visible" to senior management, which means self-promotion is more valuable than your actual contribution.
QPR is destroying the culture. Work-life balance helps you retain people.
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United StatesAugust 1, 2016I applied online and got a phone interview after 1 month. One of their staff gave me a call, and he was nice throughout the whole process. The interview took about 1 hour.
