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depressing when I left

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Yahoo for 4 years
February 5, 2015
Sunnyvale, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Good perks, good benefits, diversity, and always interesting things to work on.

Cons

A culture of underachievement and finger-pointing, especially in the middle management layers that have been there for many years and were afraid of change. Also, due to frequent changes of CEO, there was a constant change of strategy, great confusion about direction, and lack of focus.

Advice to Management

Give one CEO several years to turn the ship around.

Don't be afraid to fire the nay-sayers and finger-pointers.

Stop peer reviews. All the mediocre old-timers give each other excellent reviews, making the whole process a fallacy.

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