A roller-coaster, if you're into that sort of thing - Anonymous employee Lightspeed Employee Review

4.0
Jul 21, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There's a lot going on, in a lot of different spaces. It feels like the company continues to grow, develop, and head in positive directions.

Cons

Sometimes the pace can feel quite frantic. The realities of the number of acquisitions and global nature of the company can make it difficult at times to know who you need to talk to and feel like you're across everything.

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Lightspeed Response
3y
Hi and thanks for posting your review--we value your feedback and are delighted to hear you're enjoying the culture and growth here at Lightspeed. Our goal is to have a world-class culture where every Lightspeeder can be their authentic self and grow the career they want. We appreciate your feedback in terms of the pace and global nature of the company lending the sensation of being on a rollercoaster. Hopefully this is a short-term busy time period for you. If you feel that the pace is interferring with your ability to #makeithappen we encourage you to reach out to your manager or People Business Partner to discuss. Thank you for raising this important point here. And thanks for igniting businesses everywhere and helping to #makeithappen at Lightspeed! 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.

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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