Great experience so far - Anonymous employee KAYAK Employee Review

5.0
15 Nov 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Working at KAYAK has been a great pleasure. The company is growing quickly but new hires never slip through the cracks - the office is comfortable and open and colleagues are inviting and kind. It's hard to be intimidated in this learning environment, as questions are truly welcomed. There are a lot of structures in place to make sure employees from different departments are collaborating and getting to know one another, and the management is always seeking feedback and implementing positive changes.

Cons

It can be unclear in the beginning what other teams are working on, and how their goals might overlap with your own role. Of course, questions are always welcome and colleagues are more than happy to explain - but it is certainly an environment where the more initiative you take, the more you learn!

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5.0
27 Jan 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
24 Nov 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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