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 23, 2019

I wouldn't recommend it

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* good WLB * good people * decent pay

Cons

* Company has shifted its focus from growth to profitability and has gotten cheap to an extreme. They are cutting back on everything: employee events, travel, hiring, bonuses, stock refreshes. They even cut back on the candy delivery to our floor. Cheap Hershey's kisses candies are the ONLY form of free snack the company will provide. The company will decide to delay annual raises by 6 months to save a few pennies and this has happened multiple times!!! * MASSIVE offshoring to low wage countries especially in engineering. You will be left wondering why they even bother paying you to sit in a high wage country. You will see your colleagues leave and management will replace the headcount by hiring 2 engineers in a low wage country such as Poland. * Extremely dated technology. * The general feel is that the company is slowing down and stagnating in a major way.

1.0

May 18, 2018

Broken management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Except unlimited PTO I couldn't think of any.

Cons

Payroll and HR was broken, mistakes always happened to my paystub, and the way handling situation is not consistent every time. Always got incorrect informations from HR.

2.0

Nov 10, 2021

Getting worse over time

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Initial offer and benefits are competitive. Its a big company so its not unstable like a startup. A lot of people here so smart its unbelievable.

Cons

You won't ever get a meaningful raise, and may get laid off. Company is getting very top heavy and leadership has ivory tower disease. They act like they care and schedule lots of feedback meetings but its just show. All big decisions are based on dumb indirect inputs like surveys and data, or they just secretly decide what to do without talking to anyone and lying about it. There is plenty of staff but no leadership so managers protect the ones who don't work but somehow never get laid off. Avoid working here if you are a responsible person, because you will be doing the work of three people and watch your boss do nothing about the ones that aren't working. And then you get laid off, not the ones doing nothing.

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