Taro Logo

Make an impact with a good work/life balance

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Yelp for 2 years
July 14, 2021
Vancouver, British Columbia
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Friendly culture, and the scope of your work will be pretty large. This doesn't mean you will be overworked, though, because Yelp really values WLB and does not feel cutthroat. Great environment to learn and grow. Corporate strategy during COVID has been great.

Cons

Comp could be better, especially in high CoL cities like Vancouver/Toronto. Prod/Eng seems understaffed, especially when compared to competitors (Google/FB/etc.), but we are hiring a lot.

Advice to Management

The single Canada salary band makes it feel like we are hiring in Canada just to save money. BC/ON are drastically more expensive than places like AB, yet compensation is the same. Looking at how compensation is banded for our peers in the US, this just feels unfair if you work in a big Canadian metro.

It's also weird how we don't have serious marketing directives in Canada despite hiring out half of our product org there. I used Yelp in California/US and it's pretty sad how dead Yelp feels here in comparison.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
5.0
Culture and Values
4.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
4.0

Was this helpful?

Yelp Interview Experiences