Not a professional environment anymore - Senior Software Engineer Lightspeed Employee Review

1.0
Nov 29, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None any. See advice to management section.

Cons

I worked as part of the an acquisition and the company seemed to have closed it boundaries on its policies towards the subsidiary companies and lets them operate on their own. Very high turnover of employees in the recent past. The company has invested a lot in terms of hiring but has gone wasted with employees leaving the company mainly due to ethical issues. 2 out of 3 senior engineers in my team have left the company within a year - What does this tell you? I witnessed senior management harassing employees during their notice period criticizing their work and deadlines publicly in front of 40 other team members. This was escalated to HR but the action taken was no less than advise was given to teams to take conversations professionally. I also witnessed senior management publicly yelling at folks if they are late at meetings. This is no longer a professional work environment and the company has taken zero actions towards fixing it. Some folks in senior management are clearly a bully who takes advantage of power and has been misusing it. Technical leadership is a joke that the company should take hiring seriously to run engineering teams.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

-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
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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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