Circling the drain.. - Anonymous employee Akamai Employee Review

Aging platform held together by proverbial duct tape and popsicle sticks in many cases. Middle management - Directors to VPs - filled with Akamai veterans and politically savvy types whose primary competence is playing a dysfunctional system to their advantage. Meanwhile, the executive team hems and haws because no one wants to put their name to a decision. And so it goes in endless loop - Rinse, rehash, repeat. A shocking lack of execution discipline, priority setting and planning across all parts of the company - product, sales, marketing, IT, finance - you name it. Akamai seems to believe that normal rules of business simply don't apply Products that take forever to come out CEO is academically brilliant, and seems a decent man, but is an overpowering and controlling figure with no operational skills. The tone and expectations he sets allows folks (especially the old guard) to get away with pretty much anything