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 (100) , 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 160 reviews)); "In Yandex company i met a lot of kind and smart colleagues, there's good team." ((in 134 reviews)); "and a great team" ((in 130 reviews)); "Great culture and a lot of smart people" ((in 112 reviews)); "Good benefits and there are very interesting task" ((in 67 reviews))

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

"low salary and slow contributing process" ((in 331 reviews)); "Bad work life balance here" ((in 73 reviews)); "Bad management and company focus that prevent from progress" ((in 69 reviews)); "Too many Managers" ((in 31 reviews)); "No career opportunities in Accounting Center" ((in 10 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.

Yandex reviews

4.1

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,493 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 2,493 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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2K reviews

5.0

May 13, 2017

Super russian IT employer

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Yandex is really a modern tech company. Smart people, interesting projects, flexible working hours, beautiful office, rather good insurance, nice business trips to Moscow HQ if needed

Cons

Office could have better location in St. Petersburg Big company - some processes can be not so efficient as they could be Salary is less than you can earn with same skills in other companies World conferences (e.g. IO, WWDC) sometimes are not sponsored due to low budget/non-core profile

5.0

May 4, 2017

World-class company with people-first approach

Java team lead

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

surrounding and team office internal technologies and infrastructure

Cons

salary management lack of information outside a team

4.0

May 1, 2017

Good to start a career

Project manager

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, interesting tasks, constant learning, lunch allowance.

Cons

Salaries aren't as good as could be. Developers leave to work abroad after training here.

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