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 (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 + internal ecosystem (tools)" ((in 165 reviews)); "In Yandex company i met a lot of kind and smart colleagues, there's good team." ((in 126 reviews)); "Great attitude and team of technical experts" ((in 123 reviews)); "Great culture and a lot of smart people" ((in 98 reviews))

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

"low salary and slow contributing process" ((in 328 reviews)); "Bad work / life balance" ((in 71 reviews)); "Too many Managers" ((in 29 reviews)); "This is ok, but everyday you should solve special problems that you'll never meet again." ((in 5 reviews)); "Lack of leadership in the corridors" ((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

77% would recommend to a friend

(2,491 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 2,491 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

Mar 19, 2016

Yandex

Senior software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Best place to learn how does the big things in the Internet works. And this is best place for the implementation of professional skills.

Cons

In case if you like remote job, it will be not the best place.

5.0

Mar 19, 2016

Great company to work in

Qa automation engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very friendly working atmosphere. Yandex is always about new technologies and stuff so working there is an opportunity to learn and develop your skills permanently.

Cons

Sometimes salary can be not so big as you expected.

4.0

Mar 17, 2016

Good company to work for

Front end developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great people great office and environment depends on a project, but technical level of people and projects is very high

Cons

salary is a bit lower than middle salary on the market there are a lot of legacy and inhouse developed solutions on some projects. It's not that easy to work with state-of-art techs sometime. company bacoming more corporate as it growths

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