Nice place to be, with proper work-life balance. - Applications Software Engineer Akamai Employee Review

4.0
Feb 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work-Life balance, work culture, free food and snacks, lots of team outings, decent pay package.

Cons

Lots of clashes happening over the right solution for any given problem scenario, which sometimes feels like autocracy of few people who wants to do things certain way and you have to end up implementing things that way. Unless you have good arguing and convincing powers, you might end up doing things and implementing stuffs the way in which the other person wants it.

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
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Pros

Work Life Balance Rewarding Work and Responsibilities Quality Benefits Stock Options & Compensation are competitive Continuing Education Reimbursement Diversity of the community

Cons

Akamai is still learning to grow into the enterprise-level organization it strives to be. There are no major cons to share in effort to discourage someone from applying, but like most jobs, few are perfect.

5.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Great work life balance - Great work culture - Ability to work on projects you are interested in

Cons

- Slow work, conservative management - Pay is lower than similar level tech companies

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