Rewarding, but challenging work and organizational growing pains - Marketing Director Akamai Employee Review

4.0
14 Jan 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Fast growing, highly relevant, high energy workplace. Smart people, industry leader. Highly focused on revenue growth, and they are hitting the goals. Liberal time off, great benefits. Compensation is good. CEO genuinely cares about the people. Professional company.

Cons

Engineering and Sales driven. Marketing is a bit stuck in between, if you happen to be there. Growing so fast it is hard to keep up. In leadership positions, work-life balance can be tough.

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5.0
10 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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
25 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Good place to work and good benefits

Cons

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

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