Lighthouse, the 25 year old start-up you should not risk your career with - Anonymous Lighthouse Employee Review

1.0
Jun 22, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Immediate co-workers and peers are very talented individuals with a lot of potential. The organisation has the potential to perform, but sadly does not.

Cons

Recent reorganisations and redundancies destroyed the organisation, particularly within EMEA - internally and externally. Over recruitment and decline in the economy warranted a smaller workforce, but the leadership team seemingly didn't assess the impact to the already vulnerable business. Ill thought out redundancies, and no forward vision eroded trust, community and more importantly recurring revenue. Customers hesitate to partner due to repeated loss of key team members. Six months on from the reorg and heads are still in the sand. There is a culture of reward being 'keeping your job' as oppose to investing in people and recognising talent. Work-life balance is challenging, with benefits/compensation uncompetitive (you don't even get sick leave here!). Stack-ranking for performance reviews always means someone has to take one for the team each year. Zero opportunity for career development, or personal development. As a US business you can expect D&I to extend to the US only.... bit like the World Series.

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5.0
Feb 6, 2026
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Pros

Flex PTO policy, Great autonomy, ability to have an impact, strong cross collaboration

Cons

transitional challenges as the company scales

2.0
Feb 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great PTO and WFH. Amazing people i worked with. Truly the reason I stayed as long as I did. The PAC (HR) team js helpful and cares.

Cons

Layoffs are every year. You need to be billable but sales staff has been decimated. I pretty well knew I was next to be chopped. Since the CEO change, it has been down hill. Management changed and it went from feeling welcome to feeling like a burden. Leadership has changed a lot and has become distant and cold. I went from feeling like I was valued to just being low hanging fruit for an easy cost cut while the leader got promoted.

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