Yahoo

Great pay, great perks (onsite gym, onsite oil change, onsite massage). These things can be invaluable. For example, with the gym, you don't need to spend an extra 30 minutes driving to and from the gym every day, so that prompts you to go to the gym more, which promotes your health and overall happiness.

Great technology. After 15 years of accumulation, it has many secrets that outsiders don't know. What we had was already the best after trial and error.

Great people (at least before the large-scale attrition in recent years), so that you can learn a lot from them. To name a few:

• PHP inventor
• The Perl Camel Book author, Randal Schwartz

Some important strategic initiatives are not pushing through. Yes, they are delivered, but the effects are not as great as wanted, so that they did not manage to turn the tide for the company's fate.

Unfortunately, the tech industry needs more hype and buzz these days to be considered a hot player in the market. Though Yahoo is having good money flow, it's being ridiculed for not having as much hype as FB, for example.