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 467 reviews)); "Good benefits and the company gets across the message that they care about their employees." ((in 257 reviews)); "Good pedigree and work culture" ((in 190 reviews)); "Best place and Very comfortable." ((in 113 reviews)); "2. Good management" ((in 100 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 33 reviews)); "Middle management is lacking experience" ((in 19 reviews)); "No training provided and a lot of lies during the interview." ((in 14 reviews)); "Upper management and leadership are largely directionless and uncommunicative." ((in 13 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 are the top reviewed Akamai locations?

Cambridge , Boston , Santa Clara , Atlanta , Fort Lauderdale , San Mateo , New York , San Francisco , Denver , San Jose , Reston , Los Angeles , San Diego , Washington , Dallas , Chicago , Seattle , Portland , Miami , Jersey City , Sterling , Austin , Hollywood , Park City , Arlington , Ashburn , Fairfax , Warrenton , Goodyear , Ann Arbor

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

2.0

Sep 30, 2017

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

More Technical including Management.

Cons

Not many benefits compared to other Bay area companies. Looks from the eyes of East Coast (very imbalance), very thrifty and pessimistic. Bonus cut downs even after year long hard work. Slow hiring/ Resource shortage but expectations are very high.

3.0

Oct 13, 2015

Not for experienced professionals

Senior technical project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Cool technology. Good bonus. Good for college graduates to ramp up skillset.

Cons

My review is only for Commerce team. Other teams are possibly in better shape. Everyone is overwhelmed with work, so if you are looking for good work-life balance look elsewhere as you will be expected to work 60+hrs/wk. Mandatory training and whiteboards are used as team hazing and really break the spirit of newcomers. Help isn't easily available and when is, one can get multiple answers, which makes it that much harder to find true answer. If you are an experienced professional, it's not worth it.

2.0

Nov 24, 2009

Owned and operated by the J team

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Its a job. Depending on which department you are in you can get away with working part time for full time salary. If you are in the chosen departments money flows like water. Good benefits and a good work/life balance.

Cons

Layoffs(doubled some peoples workload) even when the company has record profits, record revenues, and record amount of customers. No salary increases even when the company has record profits, record revenues, and record amount of customers. The J team clearly runs the company with short term financial goals in mind. An extreme lack of communication between groups, employees and management. Per usual with most companies a few torch bearers push/pull the rest along.

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