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?

63% of Lightspeed employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lightspeed 3.8 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 128 reviews)); "Lots of genuinely great people" ((in 113 reviews)); "The culture was great" ((in 106 reviews)); "My team was great." ((in 42 reviews)); "Great work / life balance" ((in 35 reviews))

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

"Poor Management Bad Management" ((in 50 reviews)); "Salaries are low and comp plan is very confusing." ((in 39 reviews)); "major layoffs, no direction from upper management" ((in 25 reviews)); "There are some great managers in this company, but they are few and far between and usually don’t stay very long." ((in 20 reviews)); "Can only speak for the team I worked on but the leadership was very poor and everyone felt insecure about their position and was over worked." ((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.

Lightspeed reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,077 total reviews)

Dax Dasilva

77% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

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Lightspeed has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,077 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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

3.0

Mar 15, 2017

Financial analyst

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great work environment, great office, good work/life balance

Cons

management thinks they listen to their employees by offering additional benefits which are not what employees are looking for

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.

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