Does AKQA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, AKQA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at AKQA. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at AKQA?

76% of AKQA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated AKQA 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at AKQA?

Project Manager (44) , Designer (38) , Art Director (20) , Account Director (19) , Account Manager (18) , Senior Project Manager (18) , Senior Software Engineer (16) , Associate Creative Director (15) , Software Engineer (15) , Account Executive (14) , Copywriter (14) , Senior Designer (14) , Strategist (13) , User Experience Designer (13) , Web Developer (12)

What are the pros of working at AKQA according to real employee reviews?

"There are so many great and talented people and to get a chance to work with several people on different teams is a big plus." ((in 223 reviews)); "Great clients and team." ((in 44 reviews)); "Great colleagues to work with" ((in 34 reviews)); "Fairly autonomous and good work life balance" ((in 31 reviews)); "Good benefits and well" ((in 24 reviews))

What are the cons of working at AKQA according to real employee reviews?

"Management seems poor at many levels." ((in 67 reviews)); "Poor leadership and teamwork." ((in 43 reviews)); "Long hours and remuneration not great." ((in 41 reviews)); "Low pay and lots of down time." ((in 34 reviews)); "The salaries are low and there are no bonuses." ((in 22 reviews))

What are employees saying about AKQA layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about AKQA layoffs and their outlook for job security at AKQA in 2026.

What are the top reviewed AKQA locations?

San Francisco , New York , Portland , Washington , Atlanta , Charlotte , Austin , Irvine , Los Angeles , Dublin , Sunnyvale , Powell Butte , Miami

AKQA reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,064 total reviews)

Baiju Shah

99% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Senior management

AKQA has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,064 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AKQA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.4 stars).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

3.0

Dec 28, 2008

Great place to work with a variety of technoligies

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Akqa is a great place to start a career and quickly pick up new skills. The projects are short term and the amount of time spent working on them is a lot less than a standard application. The variety of projects leads to picking up many new skills and working with the latest technologies.

Cons

Working at a mid-sized company that is supposedly very well-known leads to sub-standard salaries. Additionally, the management isn't too organized as projects seem to be progressed on a day by day basis rather than planned out before hand.

4.0

Dec 28, 2008

AKQA provides a great proving ground to start a career, as well as strong opportunities for future growth

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Strong brand, culture of innovation and work ethic

Cons

poor work/ life balance, yearly promotion cycle, poor approach to economic downturn (i.e., policy towards promotion of staff and pay rises), poor project finance management systems

4.0

Dec 27, 2008

Good place to work on the whole, but be prepared for the agency ethos if you've not worked for one before.

Senior web developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people are AKQA's greatest strength. Yes, being an agency some of the "creatives" boggled the mind a bit, and there were occasional frictions but on the whole the team worked well. Being a techie, I was never particularly bothered by the "zomg we have such cool clients" ethos, but it was possible to work on some really interesting technical challenges using the latest technology.

Cons

The company does get a bit too pleased with itself sometimes - too many people, more the higher up you go, believe their own propaganda a bit too much. However, that's an understandable occupational hazard of working for an agency - if *they* don't believe they're the most special people in the world, how will they convince potential clients? Communication is sometimes a bit poor, and there's always been a tendency of the account management people to promise clients the moon on a stick and then refuse to listen to technical reason as to why what they've just promised is undesirable or impossible.

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Great place to work with a variety of technoligies

AKQA provides a great proving ground to start a career, as well as strong opportunities for future growth

Good place to work on the whole, but be prepared for the agency ethos if you've not worked for one before.

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