Akamai reviews

- You might be assigned to work on tech that exists only at Akamai while being paid 30% below market rate. They do not understand that asking employees to lessen their chances of future employment by working only on tech that is not relevant for future jobs is a big ask for quality engineers. Big asks or sacrifices need to be balanced with significant pay. Below average engineers don't have much to loose, which they have in spades. - A lot of time is spent dealing with other people's poor communication skills. Few people are good a writing. I am having to type at least twice as many messages for the same outcome as previous companies I have worked at. There are meetings for everything because people are better at speaking than writing, but because nothing is written down there is no record of what happened. - All the engineers above the senior level that I have worked with would not be capable of being at the same level at any FAANG. They often create work rather then enable others to work better, which is a major requirement of a Staff or Principle engineer.

- strategy dramatically shifts every 6 months - marketing leadership is inept at best, at worst they’re self aggrandizing, back stabbing, and HR time bombs - the culture in marketing is toxic where independent work is incentivized and employees are encouraged to battle each other - it’s all about the shiny red ball of the moment with no long-term strategy. It makes no sense that this company can’t focus on more than one product at a time. - your capacity and work boundaries don’t matter