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 (99) , 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 184 reviews)); "Good office + internal ecosystem (tools)" ((in 161 reviews)); "In Yandex company i met a lot of kind and smart colleagues, there's good team." ((in 129 reviews)); "Great attitude and team of technical experts" ((in 128 reviews)); "Great culture and a lot of smart people" ((in 102 reviews))

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

"low salary and slow contributing process" ((in 334 reviews)); "Bad management and company focus that prevent from progress" ((in 70 reviews)); "Bad work / life balance" ((in 69 reviews)); "Too many Managers" ((in 28 reviews)); "This is ok, but everyday you should solve special problems that you'll never meet again." ((in 5 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

(2,490 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 2,490 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

Aug 17, 2015

Software Engineer at Yandex

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High-load projects with plenty of problems to solve.

Cons

Badly organized software development process.

4.0

Aug 8, 2015

A good place for young professionals

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Comfy office close to the city centre, informal atmosphere, challenging tasks, health insurance including dentistry, lots of nice n intellectual colleagues.

Cons

Salaries r lower than those at competitors, due to company's flat structure some departments overlap each other's functions.

3.0

Jul 11, 2015

strategy

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good office, insurance, salary in time

Cons

weak process, no strategy, losing market share, low salary

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