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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
      Jan 27, 2015

      Solid company, but bureacratic

      Senior systems software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A very relevant company with a clear vision for its own future. Certain areas of the company lead the world in what they do. If you're interested in networking or security, there is no other place to be.

      Cons

      Communication across the organization is difficult, different parts of the company jockey and compete with each other. Parts of the company not directly related to the core business (CDN, security) sometimes have second-rate people. Not always, but sometimes. If you're interviewing, judge your interviewers as much as they're judging you.

      4.0
      Nov 14, 2014

      Great company overall.

      Marketing
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      World class services in both web acceleration and security. Bright future because services are in high demand by global companies.

      Cons

      increasingly political with entrenched long timers leading everything. Very top down management culture.

      3.0
      Aug 18, 2014

      Great technology & people, but little work-life balance

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The technology is great. The people are mostly great and smart. Compensation is pretty good and the benefits are nice. People are given a lot of autonomy and ability to do their job as they see fit - for the most part.

      Cons

      It can be difficult to move from one organization to another. Work-life balance is very difficult to achieve and/or maintain - 55+ hours per week is the norm and working remotely is frowned upon. I've experienced a lot of duplicate work, i.e. my management was doing a similar project as me, without letting me know - even though I was informing them of the work I was doing. At the end of the day, I spent many hours doing pointless projects.

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