Does Yahoo Japan pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Yahoo Japan employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Yahoo Japan. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Yahoo Japan?

62% of Yahoo Japan employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Yahoo Japan 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Yahoo Japan?

Software Engineer (42) , Data Engineer (5) , Data Scientist (4) , Project Manager (4) , Engineer (3) , Software Developer (3) , Designer (2) , Director (2) , SRE/DevOps Engineer (2) , Secretary (2) , Senior Sales Manager (2) , Senior Software Engineer (2) , Systems Engineer (2) , Web Producer (2)

What are the pros of working at Yahoo Japan according to real employee reviews?

"Good culture and nice employee" ((in 7 reviews)); "Work and life balance is good" ((in 5 reviews)); "Good Welfare and Benefit" ((in 5 reviews)); "Everyone is friendly." ((in 3 reviews)); "the company culture is good" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Yahoo Japan according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary for software engineers compared to overseas benchmarks." ((in 33 reviews)); "Requires Japanese and Low pay" ((in 6 reviews))

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Yahoo Japan Reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(140 total reviews)

Masahiro Inoue

65% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (140 reviews)

Yahoo Japan has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 140 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Yahoo Japan employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

140 reviews

3.0

17 May 2026

Great place to retire early

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

great WLB, not much overtime

Cons

no career or salary growth

3.0

26 Aug 2025

Senior Software Engineer

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Easy to pass the interview process

Cons

Requires Japanese and Low pay

4.0

15 Aug 2025

良い会社だと思います。

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

You can work relatively freely. If you raise your hand, you can do the work you want.

Cons

I think the reaction to AI is slow.

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