Great culture of caring, paired with interesting challenges and a sense of "no two days are alike"! - Anonymous employee Lightspeed Employee Review

5.0
Jun 23, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great people at Lightspeed and overall solid benefits for the Auckland, NZ office. We enjoy flexible working, a dog-friendly office, plenty of healthy food options and barista coffee machine, an award-winning office next to great public transport links. In addition employees have 4% matched Kiwisaver, opportunities to get involved in our Employee-Led Networks and our Culture Clubs, a paid Volunteer day, Health & Wellness credit, access to EAP and Modern Health for coaching and self-learning. We also have regular career conversations, annual and mid-year performance review convos and an annual compensation review. Lightspeed's CEO is an inspired world-known conservationist who genuinely cares about our customers, and the mindset is one of customer-centricity and working together to problem solve and make a positive impact. We get to take on interesting challenges and work with global teams. There are super talented, creative and disciplined folks at Lightspeed making the culture one of success but also enjoyment along the way.

Cons

It's fast paced so sustaining the high performance can be a challenge!

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Nov 10, 2025
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Pros

-Unlimited PTO - Use this, the company allows it. This is the main reason I stayed at this company for so long. If they did not offer it, I would have been gone within minutes.

Cons

-Low pay- the company makes up for not paying you by offering unlimited PTO - They keep switching from Atena to Cigna, Kind of annoying when you already have an established PCP - Constant layoffs, its a running joke in this company that when you become a Team Lead you are about to get laid off. - Pay increase- Also it looks like when you start making too much money, prepare to get laid off. Accepting pay increases comes with less job security - This job you need a lot of adaptability- you never know if you might come in and you have an increased amount of duties because they laid someone off - this increase of duties does NOT come with an increased salary/hourly wage either. You are just expected to take on other peoples job duties for nothing in return. -Literally everyone is figuring out things on the spot, there are no tools provided to you to guide you through things. You just gotta figure it out as you go. - The company asks for more than they give. - The company has way too many meetings. You will end up sitting in meeting listening to other departments speak about things that have NOTHING to do with you. Time is not spent well here, time is wasted. - The CEO is very boastful and braggy, like telling us things about his personal life that doesnt pertain to anything related to work in any way, shape or form disguised as " fun facts" when its just a chance to brag.

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Lightspeed Response
5mo
Hi, thanks for taking the time to leave a review. It’s good to hear that you valued the unlimited PTO however, we’re concerned by the other feedback you’ve shared. We take this feedback seriously and use it to inform ongoing improvements. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
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