Great place to work at (till they lay you off!) - Product Manager KAYAK Employee Review

3.0
Jan 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great peers - a lot to learn from them - Excellent office atmosphere - Decent salary + booking.com stock

Cons

- Reactive Leadership, especially during uncertain times - Some Engineering teams may resist change and may not come out as fully supportive (not all though) - considering that the Product org came years after engineering was even established at Kayak

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5.0
Jan 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people and interesting industry to be in

Cons

Sometimes too focused on the data and not the human experience.

4.0
Nov 24, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits: Healthcare had great coverage and affordable monthly payments. I also really appreciated the work-from-wherever policy as well as all the office snacks. Fantastic people: I genuinely loved the people I worked with—they made me feel like I belonged and was appreciated. My manager worked to build me up, something that can't be said for a lot of places. Travel perks: The ability to travel for work made this experience incredibly rewarding.

Cons

Slow mobility: Trying to get promoted felt like a moving goalpost—the expectations changed every six months and made it nearly impossible to get to the next step. Even then, the business was stingy about who gets promoted, which was incredibly discouraging after years of trying to prove myself.

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