A warning before you think applying - Anonymous employee KAYAK Employee Review

1.0
Jun 17, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You'll have fun with some of your colleagues, no benefits during COVID.

Cons

I wanted to write a few thoughts as I see they are rehiring. These are facts for you reader to take into account before applying. - All senior leadership has been moved to sister brand OpenTable in the last 6 months. This is the prospect that you'll encounter, a brand which is in decline and whose puppeteers are shifting resources towards the brand that has a future. - People with no or very little experience has been entrusted in leadership roles. I anticipate it will not be inspiring, nor the roles will have a true impact. - The way they've treated people pre - during pandemic showed the little humility and respect they have for their employees. Random firings and reorgs, undeserved promotions or poor communication when some were left in leave during COVID. - Lastly, GOOGLE, deserves capital letters as it keeps eating their share of the pie yet they KAYAK has not innovated. My advice, think twice before you hit Apply

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5.0
Jan 27, 2026
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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
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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