Akamai reviews

The company has a policy of not sponsoring green cards until the last 1-2 years of H1B, despite promising otherwise during hiring. Those who are on H1B, DO think twice about this. This is not just in one department, it's a company wide issue. The management will use this policy as an excuse, which gives an impression that upper management don't value the employees while unnecessarily create uncertainty and frustration for the employees. There management structure is convoluted with many tiers of mid-level managers and the messages are many times lost along the way. With that, there are also a lot of politics going on which can be frustrating. Career advancement is not uniform across the many groups of the same department, it VERY much depends on the manager. Perhaps this is true everywhere, but a checklist of skills and contributions would help. The company is starting to nickel and dime by reducing personal workspace in the new offices, doing away with free sodas and weekly lunch.

- The company is run by the old guard, who have formed cliques and jealously guard their information. I've seen several people new to the company become completely overwhelmed and have no help whatsoever. - No documentation anywhere. - Lack of focus. It's common for projects to be pushed back, and some get ignored completely. - Most of the challenges Akamai faces now are business challenges: how to manage sustainable growth, which smaller companies to acquire, and so on. There aren't as many genuinely technical challenges as there are at other companies. - The people there are in it for the stock, not because of the engineering challenges. - Very few promotion opportunities. - Endless office politics. - Very few women engineers. The ones that are there are generally in positions high enough to avoid the worst parts of the office environment. - No freebies (soda, lunch, etc.), unlike most tech companies.