Yandex

Challenging problems. Great office and canteen. Vivid, changing environment, no corporate swamps. 24-hour office. No problems with vacations — can take them anytime, just notify in advance. Yandex contributes to hottest technologies — C++, CatBoost, Lego/BEM. The company's products are very well known and deserve pride.

Sometimes it is hard to sleep for 8 hours due to too much work.

It is partly a matter of self-time management, but many colleagues are concerned.

There is very little good documentation inside.

Sometimes over-aggressive product marketing makes me sorry for that; I can't explain it to my relatives.

Some management decisions are hard to reason about, but that is common in large corporations.

Pay more attention to the work-life balance of employees.