Unsure if it's worth it. - Anonymous employee Lightspeed Employee Review
3.0
Jan 9, 2018
Anonymous employee
Current employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Great place to start a career, and the place to be if you like to party. Some really awesome coworkers. Solid benefits. Relaxed be yourself *style*.
Cons
The money you get for the amount of work done doesn't really make sense. It's go time, all the time. If the company has a heart, it came from a sales textbook, not a product or its customers.
Lightspeed Response
8y
Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. We appreciate that you feel like you can be yourself at work - that's important to us! As part of our company values, we do believe that results matter. In turn, we do have a metrics-oriented mindset. We all give 120% of our effort, and that makes us feel as though we have a direct impact on the success of the organization. Our environment is fast-paced, and it isn't for everyone but we truly appreciate everyone's dedication, because you've impacted Lightspeed's success in one way or another.
-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.
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.