KAYAK reviews

4.4

88% would recommend to a friend

(404 total reviews)
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77% positive business outlook

KAYAK has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 404 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The KAYAK employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Nov 1, 2018

horrible communication/ managing system.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Generally, the most important decision(PM/design/devs) is made in Cambridge, Boston. Berlin is a supporting office - you won't have any important project in Berlin. Communication between two different offices is very challenging, especially if your manager is in a different office. But don't worry, if you are good enough they will relocate you to Cambridge, Boston ;)

Cons

- some of the upper managers are very insensitive culturally/ethnically. very horrible. the worst part is they aware of it and don't care. -. Your coworker disappears out of sudden and you won't hear a good reason from the manager. (in Germany) and people don't know how to appreciate their team memeber. People just want to get credit along as much as possible to get promoted. -. The top-down working process. Sometimes, even C-level executive involves in the projects with their very personal reason. Managers are the decision maker, not you or user. and people are busy with their politics and making their boss happy. If you against your boss's opinion/decision with good reasons, be prepared to be fired. (I am not joking.) -. Communication/managing skill is very horrible. This company may used to be a good place to work, but lots of people are unhappy and leaving.

2.0
Feb 22, 2017
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Pros

Great benefits; 6 weeks paid leave, birthday off, lunch 3 times a week and breakfasts, not the worst remuneration package for software engineers in Berlin

Cons

There are two schools of thought at KAYAK - those who want to work on sustainable, innovative projects with a focus on long term benefits and those who wants to work on the short term "throw-away" features and frequent A/B testing. Management tends to be more focused on the short term features and doesn't allow teams with longer term goals to flourish and show what they can do, and the company really suffers for it.

1.0
May 2, 2016

No Empathy, Terrible Management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Very competitive pay and excellent benefits. Opportunity to work with extremely bright people in a fast-paced and cutting-edge tech company.

Cons

No emphasis on people management. The C-level executives set a poor example of personal conduct in the way they let their personal lives bleed into their professional lives (The CMO & CFO are married). Upper management displays a shocking lack of empathy. Long-time employees can be fired and not even thanked for their service. Upper management's behavior affects the entire organization negatively, resulting in the formation of cliques, and creating paranoia across teams.

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