Great company and greater colleagues - Software Engineer KAYAK Employee Review

4.0
May 19, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible work environment, great learning opportunity (if interested in travel industry), challenging work, awesome and passionate colleagues, positive plus always smiling CEO, free lunches on Wednesdays and lots of snacks + beverage options

Cons

Onboarding isn't that great ( due to there is a steep learning curve), sometimes the work seems monotonous and boring, not very competitive compensation

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5.0
Jan 27, 2026
Recommend
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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
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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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