Akamai reviews

4.3

89% would recommend to a friend

(3,478 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 3,478 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
5.0
Jul 16, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work with some very smart people, on very interesting problems.

Cons

Groups spread across many buildings and locations. Somewhat silo-d structure, hard to collaborate across institutions.

4.0
Mar 21, 2016

Good work life balance

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work-life balance Good team Growth opportunity into parallel BUs

Cons

Very slow to innovate Pay is just above the median

3.0
Jan 7, 2016

Trapped

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1) free coffee 2) expensive chairs to sit in 3) if you're good they let you take breaks

Cons

Training is being given to only select employees, segregating the rest.

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