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Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Yandex for 6 years
October 18, 2021
Moscow, Moskovskaya Oblast
4.0
RecommendsApproves of CEO
Pros
  • Smart engineers
  • Sane processes borrowed from Western companies and adapted to the local reality (more often successfully than not)
  • Reasonably good salary
Cons
  • Still has no success in becoming an international company.
  • Moscow-based.
  • Moscow-centered (could we please have one-third of a team in Vladivostok to support on-call? Not sure if this changed in 2021, but this was not possible in 2019).
  • No luck with retaining talent. The best and the brightest enter Yandex as interns, grow there, and by the point when they are not only smart but also professionals, leave for Google, Microsoft, or whatever, unless pathologically incapable of learning to speak English or have some other major issues.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
3.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
4.0

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