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?

"Good office + internal ecosystem (tools)" ((in 153 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 121 reviews)); "Good team and culture" ((in 107 reviews)); "Good benefits and there are very interesting task" ((in 65 reviews))

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

"low salary and slow contributing process" ((in 337 reviews)); "No work life balance at all" ((in 71 reviews)); "Bad management and company focus that prevent from progress" ((in 68 reviews)); "Too many Managers" ((in 29 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

5.0

Sep 14, 2013

Cool place, smart people

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Yandex has millions of users and it's really cool doing something that really matters for that many people. - Challenging tasks - Very competent collegues - Excellent working atmosphere - Flexible hours Great office

Cons

Maybe that's hard to believe but I don't see any cons. Yandex is really great place to work.

5.0

Sep 1, 2013

Great company to work for

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting and challenging tasks, access to wide infrastructure and data, friendly atmosphere, flexible hours, no deadlines, great place to grow professionally, comfortable office, free food.

Cons

Salary is middle of the market, sometimes it's hard to get involved into new project or to find out how to use some tool or other stuff because of lack of documentation, a lot of "not invented here".

5.0

Aug 25, 2013

team leader

Team leader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

interesting tasks, good people, good benefits

Cons

strong centralization. To stromg NIH syndrome

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