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 186 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 106 reviews))

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

"low salary and slow contributing process" ((in 331 reviews)); "Bad work / life balance" ((in 69 reviews)); "Too many Managers" ((in 29 reviews)); "No career opportunities in Accounting Center" ((in 11 reviews)); "team communication hiccups, but leadership was aware and making improvements." ((in 4 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

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

Oct 13, 2019

Best place in Russia

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart colleagues, interesting tasks, high calary.

Cons

Located in Moscow. Bad work/life balance.

5.0

Oct 9, 2019

Very good

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Best engineering problems, great team, good salary.

Cons

It is difficult as there are lots of talented people. It's not a downside, it's rather a consequence of Yandex being a great company.

4.0

Oct 9, 2019

Cool opportunity to grow up

Front end developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Agile dynamic team, benefits, a good teammate, free food, clean office, gym with shower

Cons

one of the top technical specialists say to me: "You won't be a good programmer if you made mistakes in orthography" 40% time wasted to meetings

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