Not terrible, not great - Senior Software Engineer Lightspeed Employee Review

3.0
May 11, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Enjoyable engineering, average/upper-average salary. Decent benefits - Unlimited paid time off, Shares in the company(Not worth anything at the moment)

Cons

Strange culture! I would rate this an average place to work overall.

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Lightspeed Response
4y
Hi, Thanks for taking the time to provide your review, it's appreciated. We are glad that you enjoyed some of our market-leading benefits. We are a high growth software company that provides a one-stop commerce platform for merchants around the world to simplify and scale their businesses. I am sorry that your experience wasn't amazing, we are experiencing some "high growth" growing pains. In order to continually improve we'd love to connect with you, especially if you have further feedback. Check back here for a confidential email address we'll be adding soon. Thank you for helping us ignite businesses everywhere and we wish you all the best in your future career. Best, Rani Hammond, Chief People and Culture Officer people@lightspeedhq.com

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-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

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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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