Pluspunten
Perks and benefits are good, workspace is one of the best with lot of plants, comfortable desks, lot of couches to name a few in Bangalore. Perks: Free medical cover for family Fully stocked pantry Door drop and pickup for cabs Multiple login logout for cabs COVID-19 furniture reimbursement upto $300 Plenty of WFH to the point of abuse
Minpunten
- The biggest challenge here is shift. Almost everyone in India works in shifts of 11-8, 2-10 or even overnight. They term it "flexible" but you struggle to find people when you need their help urgently. Specially because there is too much of dependency on other teams. - Managers will allow you to logout early and connect from home for calls. But the calls are all accommodated to American convenience and indians are expected to give up their night time for all the "not so useful but mandatory" calls everyday including Friday. And this is worse because the US office also has lot of Indians who suddenly think they have a privilege for being in US. - Lot of weekend support work for developers but no paid compensation. - Management is extremely authoritative and there is no open communication unlike other product companies. One is in constant threat of being fired when they are not in manager's good books. There is too much of politics to the point of taking you to complete burnout. - Their work culture is quite ancient and they are rarely open to new ideas or approaches to do things. There is no team work, it is all IC roles. No technical lead to guide and no one cares about quality of code or work as long as it works. Too many messy manual steps which they are not ready to automate. - As a developer, you won't grow or improve because expectations from you is to just get things working or maintain them with no discussions, reviews or improvisation. - The recruiters also do a pathetic job of matching you to unsuitable roles. All in all, it has highly unhealthy work environment and culture would not recommend anyone to Akamai Bangalore.