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      Akamai

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      Akamai reviews

      4.3

      90% would recommend to a friend

      (3,472 total reviews)
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      Tom Leighton

      91% approve of CEO

      75% positive business outlook

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      Akamai has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,472 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
      Jan 26, 2014

      Professional Services

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, Flexible work from home

      Cons

      - Poor Leadership- Many managers/directors/VPs are highly inexperienced and have no clue how to manage people, grow careers, retain or motivate their teams. Many should NEVER have been promoted to the positions they are in.

      4.0
      Oct 24, 2013

      Great place to work if you can get around the politics

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazing people to work with (however YMMV depending on the team). Direct managers are experienced and understanding people who get the need for proper work / life balance. Work assignments are interesting and challenging. Pay is generally higher than at other companies in the area. Additional compensation through RSU awards, bonuses, and ESPP make working at Akamai financially rewarding for great performance. Tom Leighton is awesome, smart, likable. He is fantastic for the job and really cares about the company and the people within it. Health Care / Dental / Vision Options are good. Not outstanding, but good. Deals with other companies allow for some decent discounts.

      Cons

      Politics are hard to overcome and can become frustrating. Meritocracy is sometimes overridden with politics - this is especially notable in groups where negative practices are ignored and promotions are illogically granted. The speed at which new technologies are accepted feels glacial at times. Politics can cause better techniques, policies, and software to get trashed simply because they scare those who don't want change.

      2.0
      Aug 2, 2013

      A stressful experience

      Operations team
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The main pro is that the company pays well and you are likely to work with very intelligent people. You will learn new skills while you're there.

      Cons

      The company is having growing pains. Most of the people there are the ones that held on through the dotcom burst. While that makes them very engaged in the success of the company it also make it very clicky... and tough to be a new person. For at tech company they're surprisingly uptight and have a generally tough culture.

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