Great company to work for, but progress is slow - Anonymous employee Akamai Employee Review

4.0
Apr 7, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great work/life balance, flexibility, and benefits. Most colleagues were friendly and nice to work with. Ability for IC career progression.

Cons

High level of bureaucracy, need many people to sign off to move forward. Some colleagues and leadership were old-fashioned. Transition in leadership in my dept led to team decline. Recent trend of large layoffs based on what makes revenue, leading to projects that were more user-centric being cut.

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
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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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