Excellent employer that promotes am ownership culture - Engineering Manager KAYAK Employee Review

5.0
Jul 23, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Team members are given space to grow, domain over their work, no boundaries on where they can work. Everyone in the company has access to all data, source code, and tools in order to do their job as they see fit. This freedom comes with the accountability of ownership over your work. As a developer, this is a very rewarding experience. Additionally, the company invests a large number of resources into individual development, training, and team events to foster a strong team culture and to help team members achieve their full potential.

Cons

Those who require a lot of direction will not be successful in this company. If you expect leadership to relieve your pain points, then you'll probably be let down. The expectation of the company is that you will rise to the challenge of overcoming your own obstacles. The company operates with minimal overhead giving just barely enough resources to achieve the highest priority goals, which can be rather challenging at times.

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5.0
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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
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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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