Is Akamai a good company to work for?

Akamai has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 3,831 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 89% of employees would recommend working at Akamai to a friend and 75% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Akamai have been left by employees working as Intern , Solutions Architect and Senior Manager .

Does Akamai pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Akamai employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Akamai. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Akamai?

89% of Akamai employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Akamai 4.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Akamai?

Software Engineer (182) , Senior Software Engineer (168) , Solutions Architect (77) , Software Engineer II (54) , Security Architect (45) , Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II (44) , Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) (42) , Solutions Engineer (38) , Technical Project Manager (37) , Technical Support Engineer (36) , Manager (34) , Technical Solutions Engineer (34) , Program Manager (32) , Director (28) , Cloud Support Engineer (26)

What are the pros of working at Akamai according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and wfh" ((in 482 reviews)); "Good benefits and the company gets across the message that they care about their employees." ((in 261 reviews)); "Great work culture and people" ((in 192 reviews)); "Best place and Very comfortable." ((in 114 reviews)); "2. Good management" ((in 103 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Akamai according to real employee reviews?

"I learned from the bad manager what to avoid when one day I manage people." ((in 63 reviews)); "Frequent cut backs and layoffs" ((in 37 reviews)); "quality talents have already left due to poor leadership." ((in 33 reviews)); "Middle management is lacking experience" ((in 18 reviews)); "No training provided and a lot of lies during the interview." ((in 15 reviews))

What are employees saying about Akamai layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Akamai layoffs and their outlook for job security at Akamai in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Akamai locations?

Cambridge , Boston , Santa Clara , Atlanta , Fort Lauderdale , New York , San Mateo , San Francisco , Denver , San Jose , Reston , Los Angeles , San Diego , Washington , Dallas , Chicago , Seattle , Portland , Miami , Jersey City , Sterling , Austin , Hollywood , Park City , Arlington , Ashburn , Fairfax , Warrenton , Goodyear , Ann Arbor

Akamai reviews

4.3

89% would recommend to a friend

(3,479 total reviews)

Tom Leighton

91% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

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Akamai has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,479 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Akamai employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews

4.0

Mar 14, 2009

Akamai is a solid place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity for advancement and to have an impact in the company.

Cons

Can be hard to break into cliques of long time / pre-ipo employees. Inadequate job training for new hires - it can be a highly sink-or-swim environment.

4.0

Feb 17, 2009

Great company, great people

Systems administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

On top of the CDN industry, its an amazing perspective of the Internet and the future of technology. Lots of smart, motivated, competent and highly respectable individuals to work with.

Cons

As the company grew past the startup culture, and the additional layers of middle management and restructuring took place, much of what made the company an exciting place to work gave way to additional politics and bureaucracy. Much of the operations can be greatly improved with some of the well known industry standards and real project management methodologies.

3.0

Jan 14, 2009

A great yin and yang

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The people, world-class engineers, the technology... Incredibly challenging. The breadth of technology you work with is impressive. You don't get to do this sort of thing anywhere else in the world. You get to deal with top-notch customers. You get to do things that no one has done before at a scale that no one has attempted before. The career growth opportunities are pretty good.

Cons

Staggering lack of communication, lack of discipline, architecture support is weak, tactical management is mediocre, though strategic management is pretty good, much, much emphasis placed on (short-term) financial performance of the company as opposed to long-term investment and growth. Not much emphasis on professional development and training. They don't want to spend the money. Much lip-service paid, but little results.

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