smart products, smart people, challenging culture - Anonymous employee Akamai Employee Review

3.0
Aug 14, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Akamai builds world class cloud security tools, promotes volunteerism and community service around local offices, health benefits are top notch, mid-level management is competent and many at this level were individual contributors who are generally technical, understand day-to-day challenges, and have completed leadership and management training (both)

Cons

poor work-life balance, most colleagues are good people - however, some of the smartest people have difficulty interacting with others, chaotic knowledge management, high learning curve

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
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Pros

Work Life Balance Rewarding Work and Responsibilities Quality Benefits Stock Options & Compensation are competitive Continuing Education Reimbursement Diversity of the community

Cons

Akamai is still learning to grow into the enterprise-level organization it strives to be. There are no major cons to share in effort to discourage someone from applying, but like most jobs, few are perfect.

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