Yammer Pros and Cons

Yammer helps in connecting with the members of your organization thus helping networking. It also enables users to share knowledge and insights via groups. Signing in on Yammer is easy and help with being logged in until user wishes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I see that Yammer is becoming more of a personal social media app rather than being professional. The app can get addictive with increased screen time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yammer is a platform which makes corporate communications easier as well as allowing people to connect with external world. It can easily integrate into Microsoft 365 seamlessly without any hassle Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The search is not up to the mark and may not end up showing expected results. The platform is confusing for most of the folks and is less engaging as compared to other tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I liked the user-friendliness of yammer it's have feature of collaboration within organization.

It have other features of group discussions and file sharing, enhancing team productivity.

It's promoting collaborative work culture which is good thing.

Implementation of yammer is easy.

It's integration aslo very easy to handle and manage for developers.

I have been using yammer daily to stay updated within organization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It promotes social media kind thing so using in such way may reduce productivity of some users may also dislike this.

It does have Simple UI but still Its not great as other platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yammer now changed in name of Viva Engage promotes virtual socializing within organization. It's very easy to use UI with extensive customer support. It equips you with multiple features like photo upload, file sharing etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It provides multiple updates on your teams and outlook which is irritating and at the same time it distracts you from your professional work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Likes:

Push email notifications.

Embedded images/GIFs.

Subgroups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dislikes:

Does not feel 'current'; feels like 2010s internet.

Clunky interface Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yammer allows the employees in the organization to socially connect with everyone and keep us updated on the latest establishments in the organization. It is safe to use and provides everyone a good exposure to happenings around. Easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It seems rare that we login to yammer to check the happenings as other uses such as communications etc are not very used services of the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have seen this application used at Canada Post. I have tried it years ago. But it is out of my radar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Too many apps for collaboration. I would let IT departments consider and use the best application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best about yammer is we can have informal communications just like any other social media platform with in the organisation. You can interact via posts and pictures and you can share your thoughts in the comment section. It helpls to relieve stress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the integration with outlook and teams is not great with yammer compared to other tools. when an update comes in comment section the notification is not recieved in teams and outlook immediately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

New Social networking site introduced with security feature so that everyone within the organization is happy posting sucess, challanges, stories, notifications , achievements and much more within the organization or specific group. Its very easy to use for every team member and most of them use it frequently like other personal social network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are very limited options to personalize the content as its bounded by organization policy. Users should have oportunity to make some necessary changes based on personal interest keeping in mind their preferences Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yammer is one the best platform for sharing knowledge, engaging and collaborating with work colleagues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is somewhat difficult to filter and sort information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.