Yandex reviews

4.1

77% would recommend to a friend

(2,489 total reviews)
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Arkady Volozh

88% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

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
4.0
Oct 20, 2012

Software Engineer

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are many really brilliant engineers, the culture is also very open and encourages communication and knowledge sharing across groups and departments.

Cons

Diluted company mission, bad management is abound, not really an engineering company, bad product management can be demotivating. Decision making processes depend highly on managers' personal charisma, much less so on real data. There is also a kind of anarchy in engineering which leads to much effort duplication (each group developing their own solution for a seemingly common problem), lack of common infrastructure and difficulties in interoperability.

4.0
Oct 8, 2012

One of the best russian employers

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- great people - great projects (if you are lucky) - great opportunities (if you are lucky and smart and good at networking and self pr) - great atmosphere - great experience

Cons

There is some quite unusual corporate culture (it's hard to describe but not everyone could fit in easily). There is a lot of politics. Several years ago Yandex was a great startup but now it is a big corporation who wants to be a startup (actually it's not so bad to be a corporation). Also it is kinda slow. If you want to do things fast you should join startup.

4.0
Sep 17, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very difficult and very interesting development tasks, bunch of smart colleges, huge user base, much data to analyze. It is all very fascinating!

Cons

A bit overcrowded HQ office in Moscow, too many open spaces, too little meeting rooms. Average salary, it could be greater.

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