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?

"Good office at Moscow and SPB" ((in 165 reviews)); "Great attitude and team of technical experts" ((in 127 reviews)); "In Yandex company i met a lot of kind and smart colleagues, there's good team." ((in 122 reviews)); "Good team and culture" ((in 100 reviews)); "Good benefits and there are very interesting task" ((in 70 reviews))

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

"low salary and slow contributing process" ((in 339 reviews)); "Bad work life balance here" ((in 74 reviews)); "Bad management and company focus that prevent from progress" ((in 68 reviews)); "Too many Managers" ((in 28 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.

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

5.0

Apr 9, 2020

Good place to work!

Sales team leader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

comfort place to work bonuses (food, taxi, insurance payment) people opportunities of career growth (to change projects you are working on. A lot of inner startups where you can try your skills)

Cons

nothing serious, maybe just low work-life balance because of a lot of tasks, sometimes I had to stay at work till 12 am (from 9 am).

5.0

Apr 4, 2020

Data Engineer

Data engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High expertise in data. Comfortable corporate culture. Amazing office. Good food.

Cons

Very difficult to earn a promotion. Salary is lower than market mean.

5.0

Apr 4, 2020

Nice

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- health insurance (+ for children + for wife/husband) - meal compensations - snacks in the office

Cons

strict algorithm of employees' work rating, which determines your salary and bonuses

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