Work life balance is a joke, Politics, Too Slow to Innovate, - Anonymous employee Akamai Employee Review

2.0
Nov 11, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Middle management is political ( if you like that sort of thing) , Established company

Cons

They have a highly political middle management especially in the media division. Innovation is missing and company is riding wave of increased video traffic on internet. Upper management is entrenched in slow decision making process and is passive about any major changes in organization to shake up things. To get something up and running takes months. To rollout products takes years. They have highly distributed infrastructure which is closer to end users but also limits rapid deployment and limits rolling out new business like cloud services much slowly.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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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.

Cons

As a large organization, decision-making can sometimes be slow and require alignment across multiple stakeholders. * Organizational changes and shifting priorities occasionally create uncertainty. * Cross-functional processes can be complex, which can impact speed of execution.

4.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

Good place to work and good benefits

Cons

Managers are pretty terrible, they don’t have clear goals

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