Yahoo CEO’s Popularity Slips After One Year, Survey Shows

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Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer’s popularity among employees of the largest U.S. Internet portal has slipped since she took the reins one year ago, according to research by Glassdoor Inc.

Eighty-four percent of Yahoo staff approved of Mayer’s leadership in the second quarter of this year, down from 91 percent in the third quarter of 2012, her first three-month period as CEO, according to data distributed today by the job hunting site. Glassdoor collected data from 179 anonymous reviews posted on its site by staff working for the Sunnyvale, California-based company.