Lightspeed reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(1,070 total reviews)
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Dax Dasilva

75% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Lightspeed has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,070 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lightspeed employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Sep 20, 2023

Completely out of touch

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Pros

Good health benefits (Canada only) Baristas on site are incredible.

Cons

Lightspeed has seriously lost its way with our new CEO. Most decisions are made without employee input with no regard to the impact it will have. There has been a major push for RTO to encourage “collaboration” and a vibrant “company culture “ however, most sales employees work exclusively with their clients via emails and phone calls which are hard if not impossible to do in the open concept office. There are a few quiet rooms to work in, yet they are generally all booked as people are trying to work. Everyone above direct manager has not been on a call with clients in over 5 years. They have no idea of the workload or the insane number of responsibilities the sales team are under. Targets are constantly changing to try to pay as little as possible. Many employees are on the verge of burnout or have quit due to it. Sales processes change weekly and there is very little input from the people it impacts the most. Sales has “unlimited” vacation days but you only get quota relief for 4 weeks. You only get 15% reduction for a week and must take a full week off to get the reduction so long weekends are a no-go. Parking is expensive since they only cover a portion because “we want to encourage environmentally friendly transit options” but the most environmentally friendly option (WFH) is unacceptable. WiFi in the office is unusable. Pets are welcome, but no regard is given to those who don’t like working near other people’s pets.

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Lightspeed Response
2y
Hi, thanks for your review and the impact you’ve been making at Lightspeed in your time so far with us. It’s great to see you’re enjoying the health benefits and barista at our headquarters - we agree it’s incredible to baristas on site. Your perspective on our return to office initiative and Sales in general is concerning, as well as the fact that you feel you’re not being heard. We strongly encourage you to reach out to our confidential email, people@lightspeedhq.com to book time for a conversation or speak with your People Business Partner about this. We want all of our people to feel supported to thrive and do great work. We truly believe in the power of our hybrid approach of a combination of in-office and work from home—we have world-class offices designed to empower our people to get creative, solve problems and achieve our mission. We’d love to sit down for a talk about this and hope to hear from you directly soon.
1.0
May 29, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing really. They pretend to care, and be cool but it is typical new age, tech cliche. "Work hard, play hard" like thousands of other companies. They are not a family, their office is not conducive to doing good work and they don't want you to grow.

Cons

Sales teams pressure each other to work 12hour days for literally no reason. If someone leaves after 8-9h days then the boss will sabotage them by giving their leads to other people so they miss their targets and are either fired or forced to work 12h a day to get them off their back. It is illegal to not pay people to work more than 40h a week, check the Quebec labour act. Every person doing this can go to the Normes de travail and report Lightspeed and they will force them to pay overtime.

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Lightspeed Response
8y
Thank you for your candid review. We recognize that there are areas where we have room for improvement. As a high-growth sales organization, we can’t always control the amount of work that needs to be done at Lightspeed to drive continued success. We invest in our employees by offering additional training, internal career progression, and a wide range of benefits, as well as generous performance-based compensation in quota-carrying roles. To be successful in any sales role, you might need to stretch the typical punch-clock mindset to reach or surpass your own targets. You’ll be glad to know that we have implemented new initiatives for work/life balance. We will continue to brainstorm new ways of rewarding employees as we grow.
2.0
Jul 23, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Good people to work with Nice perks A company culture that is still here (for now, not for too long)

Cons

The business model is very fragile Company have hard time to retain great talents => Huge turnover Burn out employees, who cares right? Limited work/life balance If you leave before 6PM, you can feel the passive-aggressiveness towards you Very few opportunities for career development (and no learning) Company wants to grow too fast and is trying to save money by overworking employees Sales managers are usually friends of the (moody) boss Sad part, lie to customers on the product capabilities just to boost sales volume (to make happy investors) More...

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