The biggest Internet company you've never heard of. - Engagement Manager Akamai Employee Review

4.0
Jan 2, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Rapid growth. Akamai essentially owns the scalable Internet. As the world comes online, Akamai's fortunes and your career opportunities rise with it.

Cons

The value-add services are interesting, but Akamai's bread and butter is acceleration and CDN. For most techies, the problems you solve at Akamai (make a website or video faster and scale against DDoS) are not particularly satisfying.

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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.

5.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great work life balance - Great work culture - Ability to work on projects you are interested in

Cons

- Slow work, conservative management - Pay is lower than similar level tech companies

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