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      Lightspeed

      Engaged Employer

      Lightspeed reviews

      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (1,070 total reviews)
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      Dax Dasilva

      75% approve of CEO

      49% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Senior management

      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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      1K reviews
      5.0
      May 14, 2018

      Great Summer Experience and Learning

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Amazing learning - helpful mentors - more than enough salary and advice for your start-up

      Cons

      - Want more meetings with advisors - WOuld like to learn more about VC business in general

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      Lightspeed Response
      7y
      Thanks for your short and sweet review. We’re happy to know that you learned a thing or two while working here. There is definitely a ton of knowledge sharing and cross collaboration at Lightspeed. Thanks again!
      5.0
      May 5, 2018

      Fast paced, rapid growth, huge opportunities, THE best team you'll ever work with!

      Senior product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Lightspeed has an amazing culture and puts a strong focus on their people - Speaking of people, we have incredible teams across all departments, coming to work every day is a pleasure because of the incredible people I work with - As the company rapidly grows, there is a ton of potential for career opportunity - Everyone's opinion matters, we are all about breaking down boundaries between departments

      Cons

      We could do a better job at managing our growth (but I can already see improvements over the past few month)

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      Lightspeed Response
      7y
      Thank you! We're definitely proud of our talented, close-knit team, and have worked hard to provide an inspiring work culture. Managing growth is indeed challenging, but we’re continue to focus on how we can improve as we grow. Talking growth, we’ve made it our mission to create development plans for each role. Keep an eye out for our career GPS that will come into play this year, we can’t wait!
      5.0
      May 3, 2018

      Action Packed Technology Company

      Business development
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazing people and culture, hottest company in Montreal, huge growth potential, on the way to IPO, will have a global impact. If you are young and ready to work hard there is no better place.

      Cons

      Startup Mentality: be ready to get the job done

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      Lightspeed Response
      7y
      We love reading that list of pros, thank you! Each and every one of you brings amazing energy that translates to an amazing culture. You rock!
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