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

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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5.0
Oct 23, 2025
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Pros

Good Work Life Balance Management is predictable and stable Really smart people throughout the teams Overall good training regiment and support for certifications

Cons

Product managers leaving or inconsistent performance Outdated customer facing training Org changes sometimes slow down progress Cloud infrastructure seems more fragile than it should be

1.0
Oct 23, 2025

No growth opportunities

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Pros

Work life balance is really good and peers are very knowledgeable and helping

Cons

Heavy domination of Hindi speaking folks especially Delhi Noida folks You can only grow if you are from north even if you are a star performer or critical resource doesn't matter end of the day those folks assign budgets to their favourites and leave the critical resource out to dry saying no budget and expect to exceed expectations

1.0
Oct 22, 2025

Great people... Poor management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

This company has grown amazingly over the years and top senior management is excellent including management across various other departments. The values, environment, culture, benefits make employees want to stay.

Cons

There are divisions that should be revamped and new management brought in. One such department is the Account Management department, The quality of hiring, lack of direction from management, bias, partiality, favouritism has brought this department a poor reputation and lack of confidence. There is no clear vision, no direction or leadership provided. Senior management should review the authenticity of data being published by this team. There is no clear future plans for the staff in the department, there has been nothing outstanding to show for. They might as well close the department and have Customer Success Managers take over. This team can be great, but over the years, the culture created, lack of ownership, seriousness, the new ones follow the behaviour of the tenured folks which is not always positive. Most people are unavailable during work hours, leaves are not applied for, everyone are on reactive mode, there are always issues with case management, productivity but the management do not want to take the time to fix these issues. If they do come up with a plan, it lacks consistency. the same issues keep getting discussed year on year but never a solution. It's sad to hear staff talking about how they lack interest to work now and even people talking about leaving.

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