Yelp Employer Reviews

In the sales trenches at Yelp, I became an expert in online advertising, spearheading 80 cold-calls a day working with brands to effectively reach their clients by way of advertising solutions through mobile, search and display products.

My local territories spanned the state of New York, including parts of Ballston Spa, the Bronx, Brooklyn, the Hamptons – more... and Montauk. Though challenging, and at times frustrating, I found it was a great experience in which I was able to refine my communication skills, implement a full-sales cycle and learn about online advertising and competing social platforms.

I was part of the first class Yelp hired as a public company. It was an exciting time and a unique experience inside a scaling organization. After time, I became discouraged by the cold sales environment and the waves of employees that were being hired every other month. Though I did love speaking with a variety of small business owners, from vineyards to pizza shops to plumbers, I no longer found myself passionate about my daily responsibilities and felt my talents would be better suited elsewhere. – less

As the LA West Marketing Intern, I am responsible for submitting "On the Radar" events for our "Weekly Yelp", submitting a specified theme of businesses for our "Weekly Yelp" finding sponsorships for our newsletter, locating venues for events, representing Yelp.com at marketing events, preparing events beforehand and making sure everyone is having a – more... great time! – less

Usually when I'm interviewing a new sales hire, I get asked what I like most about Yelp. Although I could point to our sales culture, which is something I think most people would be lucky ever to experience in their careers, instead I talk about the executives.

Two things about me: I work my *** off and I never effing quit.

Prior to Yelp, I saw a – more... lot of success and learned a lot, but the company I worked for fell apart due to either arrogance or incompetance on the part of the leadership team. (I'm not sure which because obviously I wasn't in those meetings.) At Yelp, most of the decisions handed down are brilliant, and when our executive leadership makes a mistake, they look at the data and pivot. As long as I'm learning and being challenged, being compensated fairly with a decent work/life balance, and feel inspired by what I do, the only other thing I need to be happy is trust in the folks at the top. So far they've earned it. – less

Yelp is a fun, dynamic place to work. You work closely with management, and there's a lot of transparency with what's going on in the upper levels of the company.

The training is extremely comprehensive and useful. The management provides you the right tools to learn and succeed at your job, and although expectations are high, there's not an unhealthy – more... amount of pressure.

The atmosphere is young, fun, but hardworking -- you are held accountable and to a high standard. – less