Akima reviews

3.2

53% would recommend to a friend

(381 total reviews)
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Bill Monet

62% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Akima has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 381 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Akima employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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381 reviews
1.0
Nov 7, 2017

Terrible company with no moral compass

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Contributes infinitesimally to our country's GDP.

Cons

Everything. Terrible at valuing human rights. Does not promote growth and development. Sacrifices the hard working folks to save face.

1.0
Sep 12, 2017

This company is a joke

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are good people working there, just not enough of them and not where it matters.

Cons

Akima fosters a fake corporate environment where they pretend to empower shareholders. In fact it is mostly just a bunch of white folks who have found an easy way to make money from the 8(a) system. The whole executive team is dreadful. There is no motivation to stay with the company because they never promote within, the salaries are so bad. In fact, a while back, Glassdoor was such a problem for Akima that the CEO asked to find a way to find the people commenting on this site so he could get rid of them. I guess since then they have decided to ask current employees to write good reviews in order to improve their score. I have an idea! If you want to improve your score, maybe you should actually treat your employees right!

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Akima Response
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Thank you for taking time to write a review. We appreciate feedback from employees that helps the organization improve. We’re sorry to hear that your time at Akima did not match our intention of being a terrific place to build a career. As you know, Akima supports a family of more than 40 subsidiary companies that serve customers around the world, focused mostly on DoD and federal civilian programs. Only about a dozen of our subsidiaries are SBA 8(a) certified, while the rest compete as small businesses or have graduated the 8(a) program and are now successful large businesses. As a company, we’re guided by our mission and values, which stem from our only shareholders, the Iñupiat people of Northwestern Alaska. That means, Akima employees come to work every day knowing they have a real, positive impact on a rich heritage and culture. We try to promote a team environment that provides opportunities to grow with the company – many of our program and business managers were promoted from within. Also, we’re committed to employing shareholders and helping them advance their careers. To learn more about our shareholder programs, visit: www.akima.com/about/shareholder-programs. Thank you again for the feedback - we wish you the best of luck wherever your career takes you.
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