Oh really, what field &#x2F; subfield are you in?  Do they have an east coast research lab or are the people you know moving to the west coast?<p>They had a huge brain drain of their research lab like 4 years ago after some past company turmoil.  Andrei Broder and dozens of other researchers left.<p>They might be building it up again, but I feel it&#x27;s unfortunate for those being hired, because research is usually one of the first things to get cut when a company is in financial difficulty.  Research is long term, and Yahoo doesn&#x27;t appear to have a long term plan unfortunately.