Kayak's upper management (commercial team) practices nepotism - Commercial (Transport), North America KAYAK Employee Review

2.0
Mar 10, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great product - filters! - Nice offices - Stanford, Berlin, Copenhagen. - Smart people for the most part - Nice colleagues, those in Stamford and Copenhagen. - They won't offer help but if you ask, many team members will happily give you training on stuff. - Okay salary, market rate - Good perks such as tuition allowance etc

Cons

-While the people are smart, many of those in upper management are very fake -Upper management in North America are cliquey, racist and only hire within their own ethnicity - There's a lot of backstabbing that goes around in the commercial team in the US - The commercial team in London is better but the way it's being run is a joke. - A few members of upper management has been rated very low in the assessment tests given by HR to staff, so choose your bosses wisely. - Tech teams aren't as agile as they think and they don't get with the times. - Many internal systems are old, clunky and plain embarrassing. - It depends where you're situated, but many teams esp in Asia and San Francisco have zero work life balance

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5.0
Jul 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Incredibly helpful team members Very genuine people Geographic diversity Work-life balance is understood and appreciated Supportive culture

Cons

Compensation could be more competitive Lots of internal systems to navigate (but it's getting better) Limited racial diversity, at least on the Commercial teams

5.0
Jun 29, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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