Does Lightspeed pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Lightspeed employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Lightspeed. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lightspeed?

60% of Lightspeed employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lightspeed 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lightspeed?

Account Executive (53) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (37) , Account Manager (36) , Sales (28) , Support Specialist (25) , Software Developer (24) , Implementation Consultant (19) , Software Engineer (18) , Senior Software Engineer (15) , Customer Support Specialist (14) , Technical Support Specialist (14) , Product Manager (13) , Technical Support (13) , Manager (12) , Customer Success Manager (11)

What are the pros of working at Lightspeed according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and health coverage" ((in 127 reviews)); "The culture was great" ((in 107 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 106 reviews)); "great team building new product driven interesting role" ((in 48 reviews)); "Great Office" ((in 33 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lightspeed according to real employee reviews?

"Poor Management Bad Management" ((in 49 reviews)); "Salaries are low and comp plan is very confusing." ((in 36 reviews)); "Constant layoffs, its a running joke in this company that when you become a Team Lead you are about to get laid off." ((in 25 reviews)); "But I know some people that does not have good manager." ((in 20 reviews)); "Sometimes hours are long sometimes" ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about Lightspeed layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Lightspeed layoffs and their outlook for job security at Lightspeed in 2026.

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Lightspeed reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(1,070 total reviews)

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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Aug 31, 2025

Good company to gain experience

Sales development representative (sdr)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good company to evolve and gain expertise and experience

Cons

Target doesn’t really depends on you but on the marketing department.

Lightspeed Response

8mo

Hi there, thanks for the feedback and for taking the time to share your experience with us. We're happy to hear that you've been able to grow and gain valuable expertise during your time here. We also appreciate your honest comments about the targets - its important that our teams are set up for success and so we will feed this back to the relevant teams. Thanks again

1.0

Aug 22, 2025

Small company

Retentions adviser

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Easy to get a job at the company.

Cons

Culture is toxic, and that makes you want to quit your job.

2.0

Aug 19, 2025

Implementation Consultant

Implementation consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

you can learn alot in the company

Cons

Can get quite stressfull to hin targets and dealing with different clients

Lightspeed Response

9mo

Hi, thanks for taking the time to review and for the impact you're making at Lightspeed. It's great to hear that you've found so many learning opportunities within the company. We also truly appreciate you sharing your perspective on the challenges of hitting targets and working with different clients, as this kind of feedback is helpful to our continuous improvement. Thanks again for your review!

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