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Smart Culture, Overworked Staff

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Akamai Technologies for 2 years
August 13, 2014
San Diego, California
4.0
RecommendsPositive Outlook
Pros

Smart, creative environment with a heavy academic influence. It's a great place to be an engineer.

Cons

The open vacation policy sounds great but is rarely practiced by employees, many of whom seem overworked. It's up to the individual to take advantage of vacations.

Advice to Management

Good to Great is not a useful book. At the time, they were providing copies to every employee. I'm not sure this was helpful, and their lagging stock price and lack of "great" growth showed that this was not the best approach.

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