Lightspeed reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(1,073 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 1,073 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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5.0
Feb 14, 2018

Stimulating place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Great environment - Stellar management - nobody's perfect, but it's an inspiring and open place to work. Managers are accessible and speak openly (and listen to feedback). - Great benefits - Challenging and lots to learn every day (which is all I look for) - Massive objective mean there's a lot to do

Cons

- Changing plans make it difficult to stay on track sometimes - I see it as more of a learning opp and challenge.

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Lightspeed Response
8y
Thanks for your review! We're so happy that you still enjoy working here after 5 years. You've been witness to a lot of change, and we thank you for sticking through it with us. We've worked hard at building a great culture, and a lot of it stems from opening ourselves up to receive feedback, and making change happen quicker. Thanks again!
5.0
Aug 25, 2017

Your best friend in life

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Pros

The first day you arrive at the lightspeed headquarters and finally find the moment to look around you and see what a unique environment you're working in, you realize your life's about to change. Lightspeed does not only offer you the coolest workplace to work in, it also offers everything you'd ever want in life: interesting and smart people to work with, every perk you need, beer, inspiring life events and - most importantly - a flat hierarchy in which every change you make directly impacts the company and gets noticed by your peers and directors. Don't worry: here we do not have boring desk jobs and lightspeed makes sure to keep you entertained with regular events that will blow you mind. One of the main complaints about lightspeed is the work/life balance, however you balance this out however you want. No one's going to tell you what to do, and honestly, with whatever's going on at lightspeed you really want to give your work balance more attention. It's all worth it.

Cons

Only beers on Friday... Rooftop terrace is not finished yet (but it's going to be awesome once it is there - again a perk)

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Lightspeed Response
8y
Thanks for writing! Our physical workspace is designed to encourage creativity, which is why we don’t have a typical “cubicle” or “corporate” space. We also like to keep our hierarchy as flat as possible because we’re all working together towards something amazing, no matter what position you hold. I hear you, the delays on our terrace has been lengthy – we can’t wait to have it finished!
3.0
Sep 5, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Great team Relatively open culture Open for innovation

Cons

Management doesn't take responsibility and changes mind often Not much of a product vision Lots of big words and plans, not much actually happening Lots of corporate culture creeping in

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