Sinking Ship - Anonymous employee Akamai Employee Review

2.0
Feb 23, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Fully remote work is a shining light in an industry where many companies (google, amazon, twitter) are actively trying to harm people with outdated and meaningless return to office policies. Most employees are friendly and easy to work with.

Cons

Senior leadership is failing spectacularly. Executives have been attempting to pivot Akamai's business model; not only have they been failing, but they have been punishing employees along the way. Cash bonuses were eliminated and changed to stock-based, and all executive decisions have crashed the stock price - significantly slashing bonuses. On top of that, the C-suite is basically eliminating merit increases under the guise of 'investing in the company'. Unfortunately, they don't realize the company is the people, and all these short-sighted decisions are causing long-term damage.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

Genuinely collaborative culture with talented, supportive colleagues across sales, marketing, and technical teams. * Strong work-life balance and flexibility compared to many companies in the cybersecurity industry. * Meaningful products and technology with a strong reputation in the market. * Employees are trusted to own their work without excessive micromanagement. * Good benefits and a people-first culture that generally prioritizes employee well-being.

Cons

As a large organization, decision-making can sometimes be slow and require alignment across multiple stakeholders. * Organizational changes and shifting priorities occasionally create uncertainty. * Cross-functional processes can be complex, which can impact speed of execution.

4.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

Good place to work and good benefits

Cons

Managers are pretty terrible, they don’t have clear goals

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