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      Akamai

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      Akamai reviews

      4.3

      89% would recommend to a friend

      (3,474 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 3,474 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
      Jul 21, 2015

      Great technology, inconsistent strategy

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great technology, very smart people, lots of individual support

      Cons

      Go to market strategy, sales strategy and management

      4.0
      May 26, 2015

      Overall solid place to work

      Principal systems software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Competitive benefits, lots of interesting technical challenges and work due to growth. Management seems to have the company pointed in the right direction in terms of growing into adjacent and new areas to fight commoditization of traditional CDN business.

      Cons

      Growth has HQ sprawling all over Kendall Square, scattered among many buildings. Lots of legacy code and "not invented here" syndrome over the 15+ years means mucking through tons of hidebound code, tools, processes, etc. Definitely a fear of cutting over or "letting go", since the lack of available information and oral history makes it difficult to know what can be discarded and what must be retained.

      4.0
      Jan 14, 2015

      Rewarding, but challenging work and organizational growing pains

      Marketing director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fast growing, highly relevant, high energy workplace. Smart people, industry leader. Highly focused on revenue growth, and they are hitting the goals. Liberal time off, great benefits. Compensation is good. CEO genuinely cares about the people. Professional company.

      Cons

      Engineering and Sales driven. Marketing is a bit stuck in between, if you happen to be there. Growing so fast it is hard to keep up. In leadership positions, work-life balance can be tough.

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