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?

"Great people to work with" ((in 187 reviews)); "Good office at Moscow and SPB" ((in 168 reviews)); "Great attitude and team of technical experts" ((in 128 reviews)); "In Yandex company i met a lot of kind and smart colleagues, there's good team." ((in 128 reviews)); "Great culture and a lot of smart people" ((in 107 reviews))

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

"low salary and slow contributing process" ((in 336 reviews)); "Bad work / life balance" ((in 71 reviews)); "Bad management and company focus that prevent from progress" ((in 67 reviews)); "Too many Managers" ((in 30 reviews)); "team communication hiccups, but leadership was aware and making improvements." ((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.

Yandex reviews

4.1

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,492 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 2,492 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

4.0

Jun 12, 2015

One of the best places to work in Russia/Belarus

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Russia's number one search engine, a lot of users, a lot of experienced colleges. Different products: browser, search, maps, market and so on.

Cons

There are many different teams, and sometimes one team doesn't know what other team does, so they can do the same things.

4.0

Jun 7, 2015

Work at yandex

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

great for start, many opportunities

Cons

low salary even for moscow, can't compete with foreign IT company. slow processes, you must grow yourself alone

4.0

Jun 6, 2015

Great experience for software engineer

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Chalanging and interesting tasks, world class technology, smart people. Yandex school of data analysis.

Cons

Average salary. Becomes more burocratic and business oriented than technology driven but maybe it's ok for grown company.

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