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?

"Good office + internal ecosystem (tools)" ((in 170 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 122 reviews)); "Good team and culture" ((in 103 reviews)); "Good benefits and there are very interesting task" ((in 75 reviews))

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

"low salary and slow contributing process" ((in 321 reviews)); "No work life balance at all" ((in 70 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

(2,490 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

Mar 27, 2016

Software Developer

Software developer

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CEO approval

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Pros

Brilliant first job opportunity for fresh-graduated students who are strong in algo/math and have coding skills.

Cons

Very team and project dependent experience.

5.0

Mar 27, 2016

(One of) The best IT companies in Russia

Systems administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The biggest IT company in Eastern Europe. A lot of talented specialists really enjoying their work, which make enthusiastic atmopshere. Many interesting tasks in highload projects. Good compensation in money, medical insurance.

Cons

Now it experiences problems of growing big company, becoming "big corporation" with a lot of bureacracy.

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.

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