Excellent place to work - Engineer In Enterprise IT Akamai Employee Review

4.0
Jun 1, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Incredibly smart and talented people surround you. The culture inspires you to try and do the impossible and with that comes a great deal of pride in your work. Excellent leadership at the top. Competitive pay and good benefits.

Cons

Lots of growing pains while greatly expanding over last 3-5 years. At times poor communication from middle management and even between different business units internally. Very thrifty company when it comes to some things, specifically depreciable assets (hardware) and IT engineering. This leads to an under-served lab/engineering base and IT infrastructure that does not live up to Akamai's need to exist on the bleeding edge.

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
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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
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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