Lightspeed reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(1,075 total reviews)
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Dax Dasilva

76% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Lightspeed has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,075 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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1K reviews
5.0
Aug 16, 2022

Supportive Company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great work life/balance Supportive environment Fast paced and interesting Cool benefits Well managed

Cons

Built on a lot of acquisitions comes with growing pains for the company Not all processes are always well defined (work in progress)

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Lightspeed Response
3y
Hello, thank you for sharing your review--we value feedback and are thrilled to hear you the many pros you are finding to working at Lightspeed. Our goal is a world-leading culture where every Lightspeeder can be their authentic self and grow the career they want! If you have any further feedback on how we might better define our processes we encourage you to reach out to your manager, People Business Partner or by writing to our confidential email: people@lightspeedhq.com. We appreciate your time to write this review. Thank you for igniting businesses everywhere and helping to #makeithappen at Lightspeed. Best, Rani Hammond, Chief People & Culture Officer
4.0
Aug 14, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Amazing work life culture Great colleagues

Cons

They argue their compensation is competitive but you can see it slowly slipping compared to market average.

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Lightspeed Response
3y
Hello, thank you for sharing your review--we value feedback and are thrilled to hear you describe the work life culture as 'amazing'. This is music to our ears. Our goal is a world-leading culture where every Lightspeeder can be their authentic self and grow the career they want! We're also thrilled to hear that "Great colleagues" is another big pro. We think the people at Lightspeed are wonderful, too. If you have specific feedback on the topics you highlighted as needing focus, then we encourage you to reach out to your manager, People Business Partner or by writing to our confidential email: people@lightspeedhq.com, but in the meantime we appreciate the feedback and your time taken to write it. Thank you for igniting businesses everywhere and helping to #makeithappen at Lightspeed. Best, Rani Hammond, Chief People & Culture Officer
1.0
Aug 12, 2022

Nepotistic

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It’s fully remote and unlimited pto

Cons

Very clicque. Managers only promote their friends.

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Lightspeed Response
3y
Hi, Thank you for taking the time to review--we appreciate hearing your feedback. We'd really like to hear more on what has led to this review if you can reach out to your manager, People Business Partner or by writing to us on people@lightspeedhq.com—this is a confidential email if you prefer. Thank you for igniting businesses everywhere and helping to #makeithappen here at Lightspeed. \ Best, Rani Hammond, Chief People Officer
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