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 126 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 113 reviews)); "The culture was great" ((in 97 reviews)); "great team building new product driven interesting role" ((in 48 reviews)); "It's also a great office, nice to work on Macs, and the paid OPUS pass is nice." ((in 39 reviews))

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

"Poor Management Bad Management" ((in 53 reviews)); "Low salary when benchmarked against what similar tech companies pay" ((in 36 reviews)); "People leaving and layoffs are common." ((in 24 reviews)); "But I know some people that does not have good manager." ((in 20 reviews)); "It's a known fact in the company that you can walk into work one day to find that you've been made redundant and you're out of a job while senior leadership will not tell the whole truth about the situation we find ourselves in" ((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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3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(1,068 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 1,068 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

1.0

Oct 4, 2015

Be prepared to sell your soul

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are great (fitness allowance, free metro pass, extensive insurance plan). People are really cool, fun place if you're into partying and binge drinking.

Cons

This company owns you from the moment they hire you. No life-work balance possible, leaving at the plannned end your shift is frowned upon. Many cases of burn-outs in the past year. People performing well are glorified, the ones who don't hit their objectives are seen as low-lives. Member of upper management position are not qualified, they were promoted based on friendships / were part of the team when the company started. No possibilities to move internally, once you start in a department they will never let you grow or move to another department.

3.0

Sep 1, 2015

Great people poor work/life

Smb account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, fun to be around, work hard-party harder environment

Cons

terrible work/life balance, sales methods and quotas are unreasonably high

3.0

Aug 31, 2015

Extremely fast company growth

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Leading company in Montreal, with insane growth. - Great office with free food, coffee, etc. - Company events are over the top and awesome. Catered food towards end of month for sales type departments. - You get what you need in terms of hardware, software, etc.

Cons

- Most/all departments work past 6-6:30pm+. Chief Revenue Officer praises those that stay late. If you leave early, you will be judged and probably criticized. Sales often works weekends when behind target. - Very high turnover. People often get fired within 2-4 weeks. Employees burnout or leave. - Stressful when things are not going as planned. - Don't get on the bad side of management. You will be let go quickly.

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