Akamai reviews

4.3

89% would recommend to a friend

(3,475 total reviews)
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Tom Leighton

91% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Akamai has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,475 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
3.0
Sep 28, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay/benefits Knowledge exposure is incredible and is easily transferable elsewhere flexible work-from-home programs available Hard work easily translates into recognition

Cons

AWFUL work/life balance Goals and visions differ greatly between departments Bringing new employees up to speed on technologies is painfully slow finger-pointing culture becoming prevalent in services/support product engineering is sometimes misaligned with customer needs and asks

5.0
Sep 21, 2012

awesome. chance for vertical future growth.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

lot of future growth and opportunity. cool working environment. respect for peers. facilities and benefits are even awesome.

Cons

i cant think of any so far.

4.0
Sep 17, 2012

Great Company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great learning, entreprenueral set up,high focus on sales,quick innvovation

Cons

long sales cycle outside sweet spots,Amercia focussed sales strategy

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