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      KAYAK

      Part of Booking Holdings

      Engaged Employer

      KAYAK reviews

      4.4

      89% would recommend to a friend

      (406 total reviews)
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      Peer Bueller

      100% approve of CEO

      80% positive business outlook

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      KAYAK has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 406 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The KAYAK employee rating is 21% above average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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      406 reviews
      2.0
      Apr 24, 2021

      Good co if you're happy with "just a job" and no career growth

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The compensation and benefits are good. The coworkers are mostly good people and always happy to help. You're rarely expected to do more work than you're able to at a sustainable rate.

      Cons

      The nail which sticks up is hammered down. If you want to apply latest tech trends or grow in a tech career, forget about it. The company has grown complacent as the leader in its niche. The tech stack is 10-15 years old and will become a limiting factor for the speed of innovation, yet any suggestion for different ways of doing things is met with "we haven't needed it before, why would we need it now" or "we already had someone look into it and it didn't work". Promotions are meaningless yet difficult to get. They seem to depend on being friends with the right people, or having gone to the right schools. Don't expect managers to be interested in your career growth. People in EU beware: Upper management in the US considers the work done in some of the European offices subpar.

      1.0
      Apr 12, 2018

      It all depends on the team you are on!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Business is highly profitable. Beautiful offices. Brand name great on resume. There is not much else to say in this section.

      Cons

      little thought given to employee development. Being a sub to a giant that is PL, there is too much emphasis on profit over employee growth/well-being . Also, there is an annoying sense of panic over Google Flights taking away market share from them. It all adds up to a throw-others-under the bus culture. If you feel like you must have them on your resume, do it. But if you feel like working in a genuinely collaborative environment, looks else where.

      1.0
      Aug 16, 2017

      Beware

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You get to work at one of the most recognized sites in the world with some really smart folks and pretty cool people.

      Cons

      Senior management is bad I mean really really bad. The culture is similar to high school so if you haven't been chosen to be a part of the clique then you have no shot at advancement regardless of performance. There is such a profane lack of strong leadership and extremely poor communication, which makes for an awful work environment. Now what you have are unproven leaders who lack the wherewithal to encourage, motivate and LEAD their teams. Morale is at an all time low, there is no proper HR. All of the best people are gone or leaving soon. Sad all around

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