Does Yandex pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Yandex employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Yandex. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Yandex?

76% of Yandex employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Yandex 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Yandex?

Software Engineer (265) , Software Developer (108) , Senior Software Engineer (100) , Project Manager (93) , Product Manager (87) , Frontend Developer (77) , Analyst (51) , Team Leader (36) , Backend Developer (31) , Front End Developer (29) , Senior Product Manager (28) , Data Scientist (24) , Machine Learning Engineer (22) , Software Engineer(Internship) (21) , Team Lead (21)

What are the pros of working at Yandex according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with" ((in 183 reviews)); "Good office at Moscow and SPB" ((in 158 reviews)); "and a great team" ((in 130 reviews)); "In Yandex company i met a lot of kind and smart colleagues, there's good team." ((in 129 reviews)); "Great culture and a lot of smart people" ((in 108 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Yandex according to real employee reviews?

"low salary and slow contributing process" ((in 336 reviews)); "Bad work / life balance" ((in 72 reviews)); "Too many Managers" ((in 31 reviews)); "No work and life balance" ((in 24 reviews)); "No career opportunities in Accounting Center" ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about Yandex layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Yandex layoffs and their outlook for job security at Yandex in 2026.

Yandex reviews

4.1

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,493 total reviews)

Arkady Volozh

86% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

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Yandex has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,493 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Yandex employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews

4.0

Dec 2, 2024

Cool people, too much managers/leads/head of Leeds etc

Analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Cool office, insurance, people, benefits

Cons

Poor life-working balance, stressful system of work tracking. You must ran to stay on the same position

3.0

Nov 29, 2024

Rise & Fall of Yandex

Analyst developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Good benefits (insurance, food in the office, etc) * Informal atmosphere, no excessive bureaucracy * Business trips * Real impact on ML / DL advances, cool products on the edge of technolodgy

Cons

* Salaries below average on market * No payment rises proportionate to one's contribution, ridiculous +2% salary rise per year with above average performance * Overwork

3.0

Nov 28, 2024

Not a very nice place to be

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of cool people, and interesting tech

Cons

A lot of corporate "games", no work-life balance, stressful environment, team level management is often not so nice etc.

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