Management lacks vision - Anonymous employee Akamai Employee Review

2.0
Mar 16, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good compensation and work like balance. There are a lot of smart people within tech that you get to interact with.

Cons

Employees are commodities for the management to dispose of without any set criteria. They lack the vision to run the company and the tech is struggling to compete with other players in the market. There is a clear bias towards protecting business-side and firing hard working engineers who drive innovation. In the long run company will struggle to get a foot hold in the market if they mistreat employees. Management doesn’t provide any opportunity to grow and recent layoffs have decreased overall morale.

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Pros

Genuinely collaborative culture with talented, supportive colleagues across sales, marketing, and technical teams. * Strong work-life balance and flexibility compared to many companies in the cybersecurity industry. * Meaningful products and technology with a strong reputation in the market. * Employees are trusted to own their work without excessive micromanagement. * Good benefits and a people-first culture that generally prioritizes employee well-being.

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Pros

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Cons

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