Akamai Software Developer reviews

4.4

99% would recommend to a friend

(184 total reviews)
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Tom Leighton

99% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Akamai with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 184 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Akamai is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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184 reviews
5.0
Aug 15, 2015

Awesome company!

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Pros

Great company overall! The CEO truly cares about making the company great and makes himself very visible and has very good demeanor. Benefits are outstanding. People who have worked there long try to make it great as well. You will quickly find that everyone knows what they're talking about from the SVP to the director and most managers. Those people have been around and were engineers themselves. We're definitely at the forefront of the internet and try to make it fast and secure.

Cons

Politics is quickly rearing its ugly head as they hire managers who come from outside. They are usually unproven and insecure about their roles and try to dictate things they don't quite know well. I have seen a couple great engineers leave because they don't get along with them and I think I might be in this situation soon. If you do your job too well, they may start to think you're trying to outshine them so the best thing to do is leave. Fortunately, I think movement between departments might be an option.

5.0
Jul 15, 2015

Software Engineer

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Pros

Cool culture, flexible timings, friendly people, great projects, fun, flat organisation. Future backbone of Internet.

Cons

None. You may get 1 rotten apple among 100 apples. Just discard it.

4.0
Jun 4, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

If you are a minority, you will do really well in Akamai. You'll do even better (fast track) if you are Jewish. A good deal of our senior managers are of the tribe, so you'll be well taken care of.

Cons

A little too touchy feely for me.

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