Pros: Yelp is a company with a big and solid user base. Lot of traffic, lot of load, lot of things you will probably never get a chance to work with and issues to resolve, working for a startup. Yelp is not one of FAANG and generally speaking a medium-sized business. The engineering department looks fairly lean. This means it is quite unlikely the board is going to dump hundreds of workers in the end of a year to improve financial reports – a practice quite common in big companies. Can't tell about other departments, but the culture in engineering is nice and chill. I worked as a contractor with big companies previously, and it was a breath of fresh air since I've joined Yelp. Opportunities for growth – plenty of them. Yelp is a public company; you are not paid in promises. Shares you get are convertible to real money instantly. Office – a skyscraper in downtown SF limits the ability to build an open space, and you can actually make your/team space quite cozy. On-call schedule is not brutal. Downtown SF – plenty of opportunities before/after work: concerts, bars, tech meetups.

Cons: Most of these apply to the folks who plan to work in the office. They tell nothing for remote folks. * You won't buy a Lambo after IPO; the company is already public. * You go out and pay for your food yourself; no daily deliveries, just cafeteria and snacks. * No dry cleaning service. * No gym. * No showers (critical if you're biking). * No Uber/Lyft credit to get to/out of the office. You pay for your transportation/parking yourself. You can pay for BART/Muni/parking pre-tax, though. * Downtown SF is the filthiest place west of the New York City Subway. * You have options: either live in SF and dump a lot of money into rent, or waste a lot of time commuting.

Pros: Amazing culture and people. Great WLB. Support for career progression and development. Great benefits. WFH/Remote first.

Cons: - Seniority is hidden, so it's difficult to know who is senior and who is in a more junior role.

Pros: Throughout the pandemic, Yelp's leadership has been making sure that employees have the resources they need to work at home. This includes office supplies, as well as time off to get vaccinated, check in on their mental health, and recover. Teams get to choose their own destiny, within reason, and there's a huge amount of flexibility.

Cons: Historically, the flexibility and freedom that teams have had have led to myriad different implementations of the same thing. Recently, this has started to become less of an issue with standardized platforms that make it easy for folks to do the right thing.