Bright minds blocked by middle management
Bright minds blocked by middle management
In the right team, ideas spread and get realized. Performance gets rewarded (mostly via benefits). Akamai's social engagement is outstanding. Persistent market leader for a long time (if you count that as a 'pro'). A fast pace of consumer technology adaptation.
Individual performer culture (rather than teams).
The trend to acquire innovation rather than inventing/developing.
Very different quality of "middle management" education and leadership skills.
Poor culture of relationship-building in remotely cooperating teams.
No (effective) career management; difficult to change jobs within the company.
If you hire smart people, listen to them, and motivate them – don't just delegate tasks top-down. This is what made Akamai (and any other tech giant) great in the first place. But that spirit has gone.
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Senior Performance Engineer
The process was lightning fast and quite efficient. A recruiter called me and after the first call with the HR manager, set me up with the team's main manager. It went great, and I was already told to wait for the next call with another manager. The
Senior Performance Engineer
HR asked about work authority and when I am available to start working. A week later, I got a manager to phone interview. It's all about technical questions about basic networking, but they were not very hard.
Senior Performance Engineer
Applied online. HR contacted me two weeks later. I had a phone interview with the team leader. He asked me three questions: * A brain teaser * A C++ question * How to debug a group of crashing computers
Senior Performance Engineer
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesApril 1, 2015The process was lightning fast and quite efficient. A recruiter called me and after the first call with the HR manager, set me up with the team's main manager. It went great, and I was already told to wait for the next call with another manager. The
Senior Performance Engineer
Dallas, Texas, United StatesMay 17, 2015HR asked about work authority and when I am available to start working. A week later, I got a manager to phone interview. It's all about technical questions about basic networking, but they were not very hard.
Senior Performance Engineer
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesJune 1, 2015Applied online. HR contacted me two weeks later. I had a phone interview with the team leader. He asked me three questions: * A brain teaser * A C++ question * How to debug a group of crashing computers
