Terrible company - Full Stack Developer Yelp Employee Review

1.0
Apr 18, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Work from home. That's the only reason I stayed. Plus the economy is not great right now.

Cons

Never trust your manager in this company. Their only function is to document your weaknesses and micro manage you. I have never seen so many incompetent managers gathered in one place. Yelp has been employing methods such as compensation cuts and PIPs to encourage people to leave and reduce headcount instead of layoff and paying proper severance like many other big tech companies. Yelp is so dishonest with it's employees and does not really care about them. The other con is that small businesses actually hate Yelp due to it's dishonesty and you feel so unaccomplished by working here. Plus all of your friends ask you "is Yelp still alive"?

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
May 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

If you love your city, it can be very fun. Remote work is helpful and you'll make great relationships with fellow community managers, who are typically wonderful people.

Cons

As others have said, upper management is extremely out of touch with reality, including the realities of small businesses post-COVID. Pay is very under market for the level of work. Values are consistently preached but only selectively honored.

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Yelp Response
6d
Thanks for sharing your experience after spending so many years on our team. We agree that connecting with your city and working alongside wonderful fellow Community Managers are some of the best parts of the role. We're also glad remote work was helpful for you. Favoritism and gossip don't align with the environment we want to create. We want everyone to feel valued and supported as a person. We also want to uplift team members who want to explore roles in other departments. We have many amazing opportunities across Yelp, and we encourage people to pursue the work they care about most. Your feedback helps us grow, and we will share your notes with our leadership team so we can keep making Yelp a better place to work. Thanks for all your hard work over the years, and we wish you the very best in your next role.
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