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Great engineers lead by highly incompetent upper management

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Yahoo for less than 1 year
May 18, 2012
Sunnyvale, California
3.0
No CEO Opinion
Pros
  1. Extremely knowledgeable colleagues around you.

You will feel like a part of the family.

  1. Good compensation and perks.

  2. Good learning opportunities within the company.

  3. Large user base. Very few companies operate on such a huge scale.

  4. Very supportive and helpful managers (remember, I said managers, not executives).

Cons
  1. Extremely incompetent upper management.
  2. Frequent layoffs and restructuring, almost every year.
  3. Very low employee morale.
  4. No vision, no direction from top management.
  5. Company is bleeding talent. Every week, I have to attend one farewell party.
Advice to Management

Please define a proper vision or strategy and try to stick to it for at least a few years. Moreover, employee morale is extremely low. Try to restore it, otherwise, it will be a ghost town for talent.

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