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?

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?

"Great people to work with" ((in 184 reviews)); "Good office + internal ecosystem (tools)" ((in 165 reviews)); "and a great team" ((in 125 reviews)); "In Yandex company i met a lot of kind and smart colleagues, there's good team." ((in 125 reviews)); "Great culture and a lot of smart people" ((in 101 reviews))

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

"low salary and slow contributing process" ((in 334 reviews)); "Bad work / life balance" ((in 70 reviews)); "Bad management and company focus that prevent from progress" ((in 63 reviews)); "Too many Managers" ((in 30 reviews)); "No work and life balance" ((in 24 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

(2,489 total reviews)

Arkady Volozh

88% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

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4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Career opportunities

3.8

Senior management

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Work/Life balance

Yandex has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,489 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

1.0

Mar 2, 2015

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It was a great company in the past but times have changed.

Cons

No opportunity to grow, small salary, a lot of politics, not much challenging tasks around me and a lot of strange legacy code.

5.0

Feb 28, 2015

Great opportunities to be a family man

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits for a talented people Ability to post new ideas and get compensation for them.

Cons

Increasing workflow stricts due to company raising. Hard software release cycle.

4.0

Feb 23, 2015

Highly professional engineers poorly managed.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- smart people - a lot of opportunities to learn - all the code is shared, you have opportunities to contribute wherever you want - snacks, good food - flexible hours

Cons

- a lot of bureaucracy - no velocity in software development - poor management - no product vision

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