One of my least favorite places, period! - Content Specialist Lightspeed Employee Review

1.0
Jun 28, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Unlimited PTO was appreciated (and well used)

Cons

Working at this company is a disorganized mess. I came on through an acquisition, and it seems like everyone else did too. They have no infrastructure in place for dealing with the influx of new employees, and no sense of what makes a job meaningful for the people who work there. Most of my former colleagues have quit because their day to day work life had become an incredibly uninspiring species of disconnected low-stakes tasks with no direction or vision. I felt completely abandoned by management here as well as voiceless and disempowered. I was also incredibly underpaid for my role, and told that this was essentially "my problem" for being based in the US as opposed to Canada. This company is 100% style over substance, trading in bargain basement upper management that has no idea what it's doing and has created a directionless mess at all levels below. Gives lip service to diversity and inclusion, when everything is a front for a company that clearly doesn't actually care about its employees, no matter who they are. Can't wait to leave this place, and never look back.

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Lightspeed Response
3y
Hi, Thanks for taking the time to provide your review, it is appreciated. We're happy that you've been able to utilize our flexible paid time off market-leading benefits. I am sorry that your onboarding into Lightspeed post-acquisition didn't meet the service expectation that we pride ourselves on. We are experiencing some "high growth" growing pains however we are committed to resolving this quickly. In order to continually improve we'd love to connect with you, especially if you have further feedback--to start a conversation we encourage you to reach out to your People Business Partner. Thank you for helping us ignite businesses everywhere. Best, Rani Hammond, Chief People & Culture Officer

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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.

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Lightspeed Response
4mo
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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