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?

76% 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 (101) , 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 186 reviews)); "Good office at Moscow and SPB" ((in 158 reviews)); "Great attitude and team of technical experts" ((in 131 reviews)); "In Yandex company i met a lot of kind and smart colleagues, there's good team." ((in 124 reviews)); "Great culture and a lot of smart people" ((in 106 reviews))

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

"low salary and slow contributing process" ((in 337 reviews)); "Bad work life balance here" ((in 71 reviews)); "Too many Managers" ((in 30 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

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,494 total reviews)

Arkady Volozh

86% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

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Yandex has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,494 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 Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0

May 22, 2018

Great place to work

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

- Lots of experienced and friendly people around - Fine internal technologies - Pretty good food - You can share your opinion on whatever you want in company - Your salary is reviewed (and upgraded) every 6 month

Cons

- Sometimes there are sh*tstorms on some topics

4.0

May 22, 2018

Good company

Machine learning engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Experience, Team members, Location, Culture

Cons

not big salary difficult to move to another team

4.0

May 16, 2018

Research in Y

Research and development engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great space, great people, usually interesting tasks

Cons

Hard to find useful KPI for research projects

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