The number of Yandex employees abroad has tripled

At the end of 2022, the total number of employees of the group “Yandex» abroad exceeded 1,700 people, which is almost three times more than in 2021. About this informed RBC with reference to the quarterly financial statements of Yandex NV

In total, the company now employs 20,900 people, which is 16% more than in the same period last year. This number does not include those who work part-time. According to a Yandex representative, as of April, about 10% of the company’s employees work abroad.

The IT market believes that “about 90% of Yandex employees in the company’s international offices are those who left Russia,” writes RBC. This information was confirmed by another interlocutor of the publication in the investment market. According to him, a large number of Russian employees in Yandex’s foreign hubs is associated with difficulties in adapting the company to the local culture.

The overall growth of the staff is due to the expansion of the Search and Portal division, as well as taxi and delivery services. In particular, in September 2022 “Yandex» in test mode launched taxi service Yango in Dubai. In November 2021, the company also began testing the delivery of products from the Carrefour supermarket chain in Dubai using courier robots, and in February 2022, Yandex entered the UAE market with Yandex.Routing, a delivery route planning service.

According to information on the Yandex website, its offices are located in more than 20 cities around the world, including Kazakhstan, Israel, the Netherlands, Serbia, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey.