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?

61% 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?

"Working remotely is a great benefit" ((in 124 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 113 reviews)); "The culture was great" ((in 99 reviews)); "great team building new product driven interesting role" ((in 51 reviews)); "Great Office" ((in 35 reviews))

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

"Poor Management Bad Management" ((in 49 reviews)); "Low salary when benchmarked against what similar tech companies pay" ((in 38 reviews)); "People leaving and layoffs are common." ((in 25 reviews)); "But I know some people that does not have good manager." ((in 20 reviews)); "Sometimes hours are long sometimes" ((in 15 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

61% 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

5.0

Feb 26, 2017

Best place to work in Montreal

Business development executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Executive team has a clear vision, and the moves they make seem to always be ahead of the curve. - Personal success is greatly rewarded. Lots of generous incentives for sales people. - Great people, great atmosphere.

Cons

- Not the place for you if work/life balance is more important to you than career advancement.

5.0

Feb 25, 2017

Manager in Development teams

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent values; inspiring founder! Young environment, ideas driven.

Cons

Some lack of formal process in development.

4.0

Feb 20, 2017

Front line technical support agent

Frontline technical support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great support from HR, management and colleagues - Great benefits ( Monthly opus covered, Health insurance, Bixi, many activities ) - Innovative and solution oriented environment - Superbe kitchen with tools, breakfast and snacks items galore ( All cereal, granola, bread, bagels, tea, coffee, smoothie machine, vegan and vegetarian friendly snacks/milk ) - Generous and considerate people - Bonus structure is attainable yet challenging enough to motivate you to do better - So much more!!

Cons

- The support during training is great but it could be better structured and longer. - Base compensation for support agent position is not the most competitive on the market but with other benefits ( covering opus

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