Lightspeed reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,080 total reviews)
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Dax Dasilva

77% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Lightspeed has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,080 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
3.0
May 2, 2018

Great environment - employees dropping like flies

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- The talent - The work space - Free food - Managers are very devoted to their teams - Company going through insane growth

Cons

- Retention is really bad, employees burnout \ depression regularly - targets require lightspeed to be your life - 50-55h\week (sales) - vacations are not encouraged

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Lightspeed Response
7y
Thanks for your honest review. We appreciate all the positive things you have to say about working at Lightspeed, but let’s address the more crucial points you’ve made. Our Sales team is very driven, and our environment isn’t for everyone. We do have amazing talent with incredible work ethic, and we can’t be grateful enough. This is why we don’t box people in a traditional punch-clock schedule. We aim to enable ownership and accountability on how you can attain or surpass your targets. We try to offer our best support and resources to anyone that has a tough time managing their workload. Happy employees contribute to a happy environment, and the last thing we want is burnout. We do want all employees to take advantage of their vacation time – we believe rest and disconnection is a key component to long-term success. We’re always looking for ways to improve, and value our people’s ideas and feedback. Thanks again and we’ll keep working on it!
5.0
Apr 23, 2018

Enjoying It

Recommend
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Pros

In dev at lightspeed for almost a year and things are getting alot better. There is good road map of where we want to go and what we gonna build. I like the innovation time alot. A bunch of improvement with dev tools and clear direction making work nicer. Senior dev leaders and CTO making some good change and improvement.

Cons

We don't have enough people and I work to much I think.

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Lightspeed Response
7y
Thanks for taking the time to comment! We’re so glad to know that you’ve seen improvements in our Dev team. This has been a major focal point for us and continues to be of high importance. You’ll be glad to know that we’ve grown the recruitment team to focus on dev hiring in order to help you as much as possible. Thanks again.
5.0
Mar 20, 2018

Great please to work

Recommend
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Pros

Great team, Nice environment, Parties, clever people.

Cons

Software Architecture was not that good.

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Lightspeed Response
7y
Thanks for your brief review. We’re glad you enjoyed the culture and working with likeminded people during your time with us. We’re striving to constantly make improvements in our dev teams to ensure more efficiency. We wish you the best in your future endeavours.
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