Snake-oil salesman has a tech company. - Engineer Lit Motors Employee Review

1.0
Jan 3, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Co-workers who are trying to make the best out of a tough situation.

Cons

Very adversarial environment. Tough place to work. Management plays games and pits employees against each other. This creates a zero-sum work environment. The strategy is to divide and conquer and create divisions among employees to maintain control. This company is a human resources nightmare.

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1.0
May 25, 2025
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Occasional free lunch, whenever CEO feels like eating on company dime. Otherwise no pros.

Cons

CEO encompasses all major traits of narcissism: grandiosity, constant need of admiration, total lack of empathy, entitled, manipulative, exploitative, arrogant. Impossible to work without being subject to daily tirades about homosexuality, trans people, gen Z, women. Hates remote work and needs people in "office" which is a run down warehouse owned by his parents that he lives in. Doesn't pay anything close to a competitive wage, while expecting you to not have a life outside of work. Does not respect boundaries and treats employees with skepticism, belittlement, and discouragement. Burns company money at an irresponsible and questionable rate. Should've listened to the reviews here which turned out to be completely accurate. Investors, be warned.

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1.0
Nov 17, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some people there are pretty bro The hardware is truly amazing and there are huge opportunities for problem solving The application of CMG's to two-wheeled vehicles is rad The location in the city is near lots of good food and coffee and pretty close to Caltrain/Bart

Cons

The CEO is a self-described "3-way combination of Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and Chuck Yeager" The CEO is self-described to be "like 6 engineers" The CEO doesn't know the difference between a semicolon, an Amp, a Watt, or a Newton meter The CEO with an art degree will lecture engineers with M.S. degrees on what a bode plot is The pay is extremely low and there are no benefits The workplace is toxic (both physically and mentally) The insulation in the building is poor and it is really cold

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