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Some good, some less good

Network Traffic Quality Manager
Current Employee
Has worked at Yahoo for 20 years
October 29, 2015
Burbank, California
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Health insurance & benefits, free food, free iPhones, nice new laptops, nice offices, excellent benefits for LGBTQ employees, maternity leave & adoption leave policies, relatively transparent top execs, flexible scheduling, and lots of vacation hours that roll over at the end of the year.

Cons

Bureaucratic hurdles stemming from the size and sprawl of different divisions; a challenging performance review process; quickly shifting priorities; far too many directors, senior directors, and VPs clogging up the upper-middle of the organizational structure and making operations difficult.

Below the executive level, there is widespread lack of trust in the top executives, with the exception of the CEO.

Advice to Management

Try being like "undercover boss" for a couple of days and find out how your divisions are being run at the lower levels. Many of your goals are mistranslated as they filter down to middle managers, leading to a lot of confusion and wasted work time.

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