Inconsistent / Nonexistent leadership in Marketing - Marketing Specialist Akamai Employee Review

2.0
11 Oct 2017
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Company as a whole is great. Great benefits, cool technology, strong CEO. Folks in Engineering and other groups seem to enjoy their work.

Cons

Marketing is a disaster right now. New leadership took over a year ago and has since fired majority of middle-management and many of the individual contributors, replacing with cronies from previous company. New team is focused on playing defense and making excuses for underperformance rather than making any improvements. Morale is low low low -- Those not fired either have quit, are actively looking, or waiting for sev package from next round of firings. I'm in the third camp. One thing all three camps have in common is that we're all "checked out," made all the easier by the fact that leadership is often out of office.

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Pros

Great Culture Great People Great Acquisitions (Noname)

Cons

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4.0
7 May 2026
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Pros

Remote, unlimited pto, health benefits, wellness days

Cons

Complex tools, products and processes. It's mostly all cold calling which is a grind. Morale is at all time low across entire department. Quotas change mid month. No career opportunities... at all. 99% of sdrs have been sdrs for years with no advancement but we're treated like it's an entry level role

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