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 1% 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 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lightspeed?

Account Executive (54) , 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 131 reviews)); "Lots of genuinely great people" ((in 117 reviews)); "The culture was great" ((in 97 reviews)); "My team was great." ((in 46 reviews)); "great office" ((in 32 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 39 reviews)); "People leaving and layoffs are common." ((in 26 reviews)); "But I know some people that does not have good manager." ((in 19 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

(1,071 total reviews)

Dax Dasilva

76% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Lightspeed has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,071 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

Oct 24, 2024

Great

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing job, people, work and growth

Cons

Cannot think of any cons

Lightspeed Response

Hi, thanks for taking the time to leave a review and for the impact you are making at Lightspeed. It’s great to hear your positive feedback of finding the work atmosphere amazing and people within Lightspeed great too. Thanks again for the review!

1.0

Oct 22, 2024

Fail to pay owed commission

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They lead with a faux culture of looking after everyone but that left the second the stock tanked from fabricated user numbers

Cons

They promise commission but change the goal posts before pay day if you've achieved too much.

Lightspeed Response

Hi, thanks for taking the time to leave a review and for the impact you are making at Lightspeed. It’s concerning to hear your feedback, this isn’t at all the experience we’d like for our people. We take feedback seriously and encourage you to reach out on our confidential mailbox people@lightspeedhq.com so we can address this feedback effectively. Thank you for sharing this and hope to hear from you soon.

5.0

Oct 16, 2024

GREAT COMPANY

Sales development representative (sdr)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING

Cons

nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing

Lightspeed Response

Hi, thanks for taking the time to leave a review and for the impact you are making at Lightspeed. It’s great to hear you’re enjoying everything at Lightspeed. Thanks again for the review!

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