Random - Software Engineer KAYAK Employee Review

2.0
Apr 16, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Okay to stay for a year or so. A few really outstanding smart people.

Cons

Random promotions, titles and raises. Firings are random too. Titles mean nothing, senior engineers sometimes worse than non-seniors. Crappy managers, most of projects end up in chaos, which is called “agile” here. Zero communication between departments, throw over the fence attitude.

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
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Pros

- Super smart team to learn from and very welcoming people - All voices are heard and ideas can be elevated and tested - Positive environment where many people have been with the company a long time and truly care about its success - Sporadic work travel and offsites - Free lunch in office 2 days a week and bagels, snacks, and drinks all the time - In office gym - Parking commuter benefit

Cons

- Reporting tool is specific to the company and can be a bit of a learning curve to figure out, but again, there are really great people to help you! - Multiple offices throughout the world, where team members are spread across or fully remote, so its rare that the entire team would be in one office together for collaboration - No train commuter benefit to coincide with parking benefit

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