For years, Yelp continued to use an interview process that was created when we were a 50-200 person Engineering organization, with only a handful of interviewers: Each interviewer wrote their own interview questions A few senior leaders gave overall hire/no hire decisions for every panel Interviewers received ad hoc feedback from senior leaders when it… Read more
Compared to where we started, Yelp’s technical organization has made a lot of headway over the years when it comes to diverse hiring. While our approach to this work continues to evolve, we’ve made significant progress in improving the diversity of our organizations by, among other things, reducing gender and ethnicity bias in our interview… Read more
On International Women’s Day, March 8, Yelp’s women’s group – Women at Yelp (WAY) – came together for a virtual networking event. Carolyn Patterson (Chief People Officer) and Miriam Warren (Chief Diversity Officer), welcomed everyone. Afterward, attendees split into breakout groups for discussion. This was an opportunity for all WAY members to connect, get to… Read more
During Black History Month we kicked off our Financial Wellness Series with a panel of Black financial experts. For Women’s History Month, we invited Michelle McKinnon – Wealth Advisor at Klingman & Associates – to help us better understand our finance options. Michelle has a passion for helping women achieve their financial independence, and currently… Read more
As part of our Women’s History Month Celebration, we invited Michelle Lopez – former Yelper, Instagram star, and author of the popular baking blog Hummingbird High and cookbook Weeknight Baking – to host a virtual baking workshop. Michelle taught us how to make small batch chocolate chip cookies and answered audience questions. Plus, we learned… Read more
I considered writing this as a clickbaity listicle: “7 secrets of engineering team management – you won’t believe number three!” Unfortunately that’s impossible, because it’s a much harder topic, and anyway, number three is: “many years of ongoing investment in building the right team culture, making a lot of mistakes, and learning from them.” Less… Read more
Looking to support Black-owned businesses while expanding your library? We are thrilled to bring to you our collection of 23 highly-rated Black-owned bookshops across the U.S. From The Lit Bar in the Bronx to Reparations Club in Los Angeles, the Black-owned bookshop community is growing and thriving. Many offer highly-curated book recommendations and online shipping… Read more
Yelp is proud to celebrate Black History Month by honouring and spotlighting incredible local Black-owned businesses. Let’s take a look at Toronto’s own Black-Owned TO. An incredible hub and resource to find wonderful Black-owned businesses, as well as a budding store and photography space. If you haven’t heard of them yet, read on… Thank you… Read more
Yelp’s Community Managers hype businesses in their cities for a living, so this holiday season we’ve asked Yelp CMs to hype their favorite family holiday traditions. Diandra L, Yelp Miami Community Director “Most Latinx traditions involve gathering and food. For Cuban-Americans celebrating Noche Buena (Christmas Eve) in Miami is all about roasting a pig, which… Read more
We have long focused our diversity, inclusion, and belonging efforts inside of Yelp, putting our energy into diverse hiring, equitable promotion practices, and operationalizing inclusion. This year brought new opportunities to extend our focus beyond the corporate setting. In the wake of our national reckoning with countless racial injustices, it became clear that we could… Read more