KAYAK reviews

4.4

89% would recommend to a friend

(405 total reviews)
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100% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

KAYAK has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 405 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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405 reviews
1.0
Mar 3, 2019

Very stressful environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The only pro I could think of is the Tuition fees reimbursement policy for 5000 USD a year.

Cons

- You won't get the tuition fees approved easily - Unless you work like a machine, you will always be made to feel worthless - Kayak's hobby is to acquire small companies and layoff people in bulk - No competitive salary - You will be repeatedly be assured that your job is not at stake and would be let go with no prior warning or whatsoever. - Management has no clear vision or plans - Product quality only goes downhill as they acquire more companies and still there is no solid plan to make everything work together. - No work life balance.

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KAYAK Response
7y
Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback although I regret that you felt it was a very stressful environment. Being impacted by the recent restructuring in Europe I can understand your feelings. The restructuring was based on the need to improve communication and coordination across our teams and offices. It’s never easy to say goodbye to valued colleagues but, after a lot of deliberation, it was the right decision to set up the employees and the business for further success. For the tuition reimbursement, I’m not aware of any trouble getting things approved. I will dig into that though to make sure others don’t experience the same friction. On the acquisitions that have been happening, it is an exciting time with a lot of change. I’d challenge your comment that product quality is going down. With each acquisition, we have gained very talented team members and outstanding products and can integrate the best parts into all of our brand offerings. Thank you for your time at KAYAK and I wish you the best of luck in your next role.
1.0
Mar 3, 2019

Good only for a short time, bad management leads nowhere

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pretty international vibe with offices in Europe, Asia, and US. If you're lucky enough to work in a project that involves different teams, you might travel a lot for business. Great opportunity to learn new things using the annual tuition fee. Decent work-life balance.

Cons

The only what KAYAK cares about is money. That's why they acquire smaller companies, destroy their product and brand and fire hundreds of people. The corporate culture is very American and very fake, with several layers of approvals for each public communication. Internal tools and technologies are lame and useless. None of the top management resigned or took responsibility for bad performance - and that's a standard in KAYAK because they would prefer to fire dozens of talented people instead of letting go inefficient, inexperienced managers and so-called VPs who are mostly pretending of doing something important.

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KAYAK Response
7y
Thanks for the feedback. I am glad to hear you appreciate our diverse employees, work-life balance, and tuition reimbursement. Of course, I am sorry to hear your feeling that KAYAK only cares about money. To be a successful business we need happy employees who enjoy what they do. I would really value the opportunity to discuss your feedback in more detail. Please reach out to me when you can. That way we can work on addressing your concerns.
5.0
Feb 20, 2019

Great

Anonymous employee
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Pros

freedom, great culture, great offices

Cons

PC, politics over data

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