Does Yandex pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Yandex employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 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?

77% 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 (98) , 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 191 reviews)); "Good office at Moscow and SPB" ((in 165 reviews)); "and a great team" ((in 127 reviews)); "In Yandex company i met a lot of kind and smart colleagues, there's good team." ((in 123 reviews)); "Good team and culture" ((in 108 reviews))

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

"low salary and slow contributing process" ((in 342 reviews)); "No work life balance at all" ((in 72 reviews)); "Bad management and company focus that prevent from progress" ((in 66 reviews)); "Too many Managers" ((in 29 reviews)); "No work and life balance" ((in 26 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.

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4.1

77% would recommend to a friend

(2,489 total reviews)

Arkady Volozh

88% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Career opportunities

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Senior management

3.3

Work/Life balance

Yandex has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,489 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

3.0

Jan 24, 2023

QA’s review

Software qa engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent health insurance, lunches, modern equipment for work

Cons

As a QA engineer, you will need to test lots of features manually without any automation There are almost no opportunities for professional development after reaching the middle level ,you will hit the ceiling very quickly

4.0

Dec 1, 2022

good for beginners

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good culture, strong tech, great people

Cons

greedy management, low salary, stress

3.0

Oct 20, 2022

About Yandex

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting and creative work, remote job

Cons

Bad and non-concurrent salary, not using open-source technologies

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