Is Akamai a good company to work for?

Akamai has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 3,815 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 90% of employees would recommend working at Akamai to a friend and 74% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Akamai have been left by employees working as Intern , Solutions Architect and Senior Manager .

Does Akamai pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Akamai employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Akamai. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Akamai?

90% of Akamai employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Akamai 4.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Akamai?

Software Engineer (181) , Senior Software Engineer (167) , Solutions Architect (77) , Software Engineer II (54) , Security Architect (45) , Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II (44) , Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) (42) , Solutions Engineer (38) , Technical Project Manager (37) , Technical Support Engineer (35) , Manager (34) , Technical Solutions Engineer (34) , Program Manager (32) , Director (28) , Cloud Support Engineer (25)

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

"Good work life balance for employees and leaders" ((in 474 reviews)); "Good benefits and the company gets across the message that they care about their employees." ((in 259 reviews)); "Good work culture and people" ((in 182 reviews)); "Best place and Very comfortable." ((in 114 reviews)); "2. Good management" ((in 104 reviews))

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

"I learned from the bad manager what to avoid when one day I manage people." ((in 65 reviews)); "Frequent cut backs and layoffs" ((in 36 reviews)); "quality talents have already left due to poor leadership." ((in 35 reviews)); "Middle management is lacking experience" ((in 17 reviews)); "No training provided and a lot of lies during the interview." ((in 16 reviews))

What are employees saying about Akamai layoffs in 2026?

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

What Akamai locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Denver , San Jose , Washington , San Francisco , Reston , Atlanta , Fort Lauderdale , New York , Seattle , Dallas

Akamai reviews

4.3

90% would recommend to a friend

(3,467 total reviews)

Tom Leighton

91% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Work/Life balance

4.4

Culture & values

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Career opportunities

3.9

Senior management

Akamai has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,467 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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3K reviews

1.0

Aug 10, 2016

Very poor management

Software engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great benefits assuming your manager doesn't undercut or remove access to them, akamai name looks good on resume

Cons

Sub par pay Lack of leadership among management in Ft Lauderdale office HR Department non-responsive to complaints No response to transfer requests Claims to welcome ideas, doesnt Lies during recruitment Manager can cut some perks purported to be available (akamai anywhere) Lack of feedback from immediate management team Lies in employee review and readiness evals, hr disregards complaints about this

2.0

May 9, 2016

Head of Security Product Marketing

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Really smart people. They own the market for Content Distribution Networks. The benefits are decent. HQ is in a great location. Truly global player.

Cons

A highly political environment. Not collaborative. The senior executive team is one big clique. If you don't have a PhD from MIT you are looked down upon. Many insecure senior managers that fire at will when they feel threatened. They say they want people to challenge the norm but many managers are threatened by that policy. Not well liked by customers as their reputations is one of arrogance. Pay is low relative to competitors.

2.0

Jan 4, 2015

A place to go if you get laid off...otherwise, move on

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Reasonable salary. Good benefits. Profitable company. GREAT work/life balance. None of that layoff garbage. Don't have to work very hard. Start at 10, leave at 5 or 6. Coffee time starts at 4. Don't really have to care much. Great place to retire at. Feels like a 2010's version of a defense contractor.

Cons

Very strict top-down corporate structure.Ossified culture. Any office outside of SF feels like a colony...everything has to go thru Cambridge. Lots of little fiefdoms, and trying to work outside of your individual fiefdom can result in much stress. Pretty much just have to keep your head down. Lots of ancient 20th century legacy technology that is not well understood by the current staff. Ad-hoc feeling to the company KDB...most queries for information on the MULTIPLE wikis results in status reports from 2004. That kind of stuff.

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Very poor management

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A place to go if you get laid off...otherwise, move on

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