KAYAK reviews

4.4

88% would recommend to a friend

(401 total reviews)
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100% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

KAYAK has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 401 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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401 reviews
1.0
Mar 12, 2020

Nepotism

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great product, always changing. Office spaces, perks like food and beverages

Cons

Latam team management creates drama and conflicts among employees to maintain their jobs safe. Very cliquey and is no secret that they hire friends and family, even for external vendors. In a company of that size, you'd think this is something to avoid. As the other review says, backstabbing is quite usual and goes around in the commercial team. You are offered someone jobs in exchange for throwing this person under the bus. Promotions are distributed for those who show who are capable of doing unethical behavior. You can get a promotion even if you haven't met the yearly target, as long as you are friends with the manager. HR is there to hide the dead bodies.

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
Aug 5, 2014

Horrific management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Strong business model, excellent growth potential. Dedicated peers and colleagues. Fun, generous CEO.

Cons

C-level executives are astonishingly bad at management. Google them and you will find proof. Their personal lives bleed into their professional work. The CFO and CMO are married. The CFO also runs HR. All misbehavior from C-level personnel is ignored. No regard for human resources policies, protocols, career development. Employees are disillusioned. Morale is low, and good people are quitting by the day.

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