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Working at YouTube

Zippia Score 4.5

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YouTube overview

Industry
Internet
Revenue
$19.8B
Headquarters
Employees
2,000
Founded In
2005
Website
Organization Type
Private
CEO
Susan Wojcicki
Social Media
YouTube is a video-sharing website created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees: Chad Hurley , Steve Chen and Jawed Karim . YouTube enables users to upload, view and share videos. It uses Adobe Flash video and HTML5 technology to display a wide variety of user-generated video content, including video clips, TV clips, music videos, and amateur content such as video blogging, short original videos, and educational videos. YouTube offers a variety of features, including playback, uploading, quality and codecs, and 3D video viewing. It also offers users the ability to view its videos on web pages outside their website. The videos on the site are playable on both iOS and Android platforms. Unregistered users can watch videos, while registered users can upload an unlimited number of videos. Videos considered to contain potentially offensive content are available only to registered users affirming themselves to be at least 18 years old. Most of the content on YouTube has not been uploaded by individuals, but by media corporations including CBS , BBC , Vevo , Hulu , Haber and other organizations that offer some of their material as part of the YouTube partnership program. Partners from major movie studios, record labels, web original creators, viral stars, and millions more all have channels on YouTube. YouTube is predominantly an ad-supported platform, but also offers rental options for a growing number of movie titles. YouTube is currently based in San Bruno, California, and is available in 76 languages. In November 2006, YouTube was acquired by Google and now operates as a Google subsidiary.
The staff at YouTube come from unusually diverse demographic backgrounds. The company is 37.5% female and 42.8% ethnic minorities. Despite its diversity in other areas, YouTube employees are noticeably lacking in political diversity. It has an unusually high proportion of employees who are members of the Democratic Party, at 95.0%. Employees seem to enjoy working in an otherwise diverse workplace that is dominated by members of the Democratic Party. YouTube has great employee retention with staff members usually staying with the company for 7.3 years.
Based in California, YouTube is a key player in the internet industry with 2,000 employees and an annual revenue of $19.0B.

YouTube's Mission Statement

To give everyone a voice and show them the world. We believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share and build community through our stories.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2024
Pros of working at YouTube

Decent benefits but the company is willing to forego revenue and earnings for being a pawn for the democratic party

Cons of working at YouTube

Highly political, we have friends who think we are crazy for working here

What do you like best about YouTube's CEO and the leadership team?

Nothing

How would you improve YouTube's culture?

Embrace capitalism and grow the company. Quit being overly political as it hurts the bottom line and bonuses

What's the diversity at YouTube like?

There is a huge focus on DEI that comes across as unfair to most employees

What brings you the most joy at YouTube?

Going home

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A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2024
Pros of working at YouTube

I thought the pros of working at YouTube are being able to work with other YouTubers in filming their videos and also helping edit their videos

Cons of working at YouTube

In my experience, the cons of working at YouTube are that sometimes the creators want to stop filming because of something that might have happened with something or someone.

YouTube Benefits

My benefits of working at YouTube are getting free merch from Youtubers

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A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2024
Pros of working at YouTube

None

Cons of working at YouTube

Everything

YouTube Benefits

None

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2023
Pros of working at YouTube

im musician i make videos and i sing and write music

Cons of working at YouTube

coz i pay to much and i not get paid :(

YouTube Benefits

100000

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A zippia user wrote a review on May 2023
Pros of working at YouTube

They are a machine of left political agendas

Cons of working at YouTube

Getting bent over

YouTube Benefits

Being able to walk upright after getting the dem ideological weiner shoved up your backside

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A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2023
Pros of working at YouTube

The company is a disgrace

YouTube Benefits

Nothing the company is a disgrace

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The team at YouTube

  • The founders of YouTube are Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Eric Skaggs, Jawed Karim, Martin Pauer, Mohammad Hajighasemi Ossareh M.D. and Mba.
  • The key people at YouTube are Susan Wojcicki, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen.
Key People
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Susan Wojcicki
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Chad Hurley
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Steve Chen
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Eric Skaggs
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Jawed Karim
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Martin Pauer
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Mohammad Hajighasemi Ossareh M.D., Mba

YouTube Rankings

YouTube is ranked #70 on the Best Internet Companies to Work For in California list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.

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YouTube diversity

9.6
Diversity Score
We calculated YouTube’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of YouTube’s workforce.
YouTube diversity summary. Zippia estimates YouTube's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated YouTube's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of YouTube's workforce.
  • YouTube has 2,000 employees.
  • 37% of YouTube employees are women, while 63% are men.
  • The most common ethnicity at YouTube is White (57%).
  • 18% of YouTube employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of YouTube employees are Black or African American.
  • The average employee at YouTube makes $71,470 per year.
  • YouTube employees are most likely to be members of the democratic party.
  • Employees at YouTube stay with the company for 7.3 years on average.
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YouTube Financial Performance

9.8
Performance Score

Highest paying YouTube competitors

Compare YouTube salaries to competitors, including Twitter, TikTok, and My Damn Channel. Employees at Twitter earn the highest average yearly salary of $146,546. The salaries at TikTok average $140,743 per year, and the salaries at My Damn Channel come in at $102,265 per year.
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