Akamai reviews

4.3

89% would recommend to a friend

(3,482 total reviews)
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Tom Leighton

91% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Akamai has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,482 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Akamai employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Dec 12, 2014

Shoot from the hip, cowboy town

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Pros

Great opportunity to lead up into politics & run for office. To succeed, one would have to manipulate & maneuver across & over each other's body in the team or over cross functions. Similar to being successful in a political office, one has to integrate & follow blindly/obediently into the special boys&girls club, anyone who speaks up or acts contrary to the norm will not be tolerated & will be eradicated & exterminated. Great opportunity to mess up your professional career, contacts & personal life. Stay away from this organization by all means necessary!

Cons

If your life has no purpose then sell your souls to this organization as they sure will run you into the ground/central atrosphere with not even a faint whiff of gratitude/genuine appreciation of the time & energy one spends away from family & loved ones. Ultimately this is a internet company & it's workers are treated like machines/computers & are expected to move along the production line quietly with not even hint of objection. One more thing, when they are done with you even if you have not reached your full potential they'll kick you out even if you are the General Manager or non executive.

2.0
Dec 11, 2014

Akamai used to be a great place to work but not anymore!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Big company benefits - good health care, Discounted Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), 401k. Good place to gain broad technology skills (CDN, internet, security, performance, FEO)

Cons

Extremely political culture, too many layers of management, poor career advancement opportunities, everyone overworked, no vacation policy (elective)

3.0
Dec 10, 2014

Not bad

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Pros

Work life balance, good food, excellent cab services. A little away from startup it had been a few years ago. Good work environment

Cons

No challenging work. Politics within teams and inter-team politics too. Bad rating system. Over-hiring over the past few years. Once-great nterview process has been slacking.

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