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      Akamai

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      Akamai reviews

      4.3

      89% would recommend to a friend

      (3,473 total reviews)
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      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 3,473 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
      Nov 8, 2016

      Work management needs a rewrite

      Anonymous employee
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Akamai is a great job for people who want to go to the office, put their 8-10 hours in, and go home. In general, managers try to keep things low stress for their employees. - Flexible hours - Work assignments can be flexible (Depending on team/manager)

      Cons

      - All of middle management says "yes, sir" to their higher-ups, regardless of completability (at least in my department) - The IT management is almost in the dark-ages - Very hard for non-VP ideas to gain any traction

      4.0
      Jun 15, 2016

      Innovative on the outside only

      Finance
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Huge flexibility - trust from day one as to where you do your job from - great people - plenty of autonomy

      Cons

      Not centrally located in cities - Terrible innovation inside (multiple systems that don't speak to each other to get things done) - Akamai implementation of basic CRM/Finance tools means no self-service - Too many decision makers

      4.0
      Mar 11, 2016

      Great engineering environment

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Akamai was built from the ground up by engineers and engineering principles. Engineers are really treated as core assets of the company and have the opportunities to effect change. There are numerous internal programs that allow an ambitious employee to both learn about new projects, present on their own projects, or nominate new projects to improve the company or offer a new service to our customers. Telecommuting is definitely an option. You're given the tools you need to be able to work anywhere.

      Cons

      There is a lot of legacy systems, legacy tools and legacy methods that are difficult for new-hires to pick up and learn. It's difficult for a new-hire to be able to significantly contribute within the first few months. Documentation is really scattered and difficult to nail down. Much of the knowledge is tribal knowledge that is handed down from engineer to engineer. As Akamai has gotten bigger, it feels as if they're starting to nickle & dime where they can. Yes cost-cutting measures are expected as you turn into a multi-national corporation, but some decisions really seem to focus on reducing cost, and not really recognizing the consequences of those cost reductions.

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