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

5.0

Sep 15, 2011

A good learning experience, everyone is willing to help, tons of resources at your disposal.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly People Go get em attitude, positivity. Encourage new ideas plenty of opportunity to be heard.

Cons

Very big, somewhat demanding with a good amount of pressure to perform job, this can be seen as a pro as well...

4.0

Sep 3, 2011

Excellent company with great technology and awesome potential

Engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Technological acumen of the company is top notch. Engineering challenges and experience gained are up there with the top of the pack. Some of the engineers are the best in the business and are scary smart. You will be challenged as an engineer and this is a good thing. Very low employee turnaround indicates the Akamai is a very good company to work for. Senior management has trust of the employers to "do the right thing" and are well respected. The feeling within Akamai is that the sky is the limit and the potential of the company is very high.

Cons

Getting up to speed as an engineer takes a very long time as the institutional knowledge held by longtime employees is not well documented. This is further compounded because Akamai's technologies are highly specific and thus highly customized. Having the feeling of being productive can take a long time. The fear of "taking down the internet" makes release cycles very long. This is a valid concern but it permeates every business group and this slows down everything. The company has a hard time sorting through all the potential ideas and prioritizing them. Too many good ideas.

3.0

Aug 16, 2011

Good company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The San Mateo Engineering center is working on the cutting edge technology. A great place to be there.

Cons

New talent is not as good as the old ones.

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