Great place for ownership over your work - Anonymous KAYAK Employee Review

5.0
7 Nov 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There is a lot of autonomy given to employees at every level. Senior management really encourages and promotes the company values and wants all employees to be bold in their approaches. Regardless if you're an engineer or an accountant, if you have an idea you're encouraged to run with it. People who work here are extremely passionate about KAYAK and travel and that really creates an environment you want to go to every day. We have all the tech-startup type benefits, but the people who work here really make it unique and exciting place to be.

Cons

If you don't like moving fast and change, this probably isn't the place for you.

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5.0
27 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
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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