Cruel, competitive, and toxic - Community Director Lyft Employee Review

1.0
Jun 23, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary was great, but not worth the hair loss, stress, PTSD.

Cons

Everyone was out for themselves. There are certain people in VERY influential roles that don't have a care for the people the work with, or the people they serve (who they honestly don't even see as real people). Nepotism at the top, toxic culture, anyone who tried to stand up for what's right is silenced, reorg'd, shown the door. The last straw is pulling benefits from those of us who were laid off due to Covid and are on Cobra (was supposed to be on full benefits until November) with one week notice. (No joke.) I would never, never work here again, and I would never let anyone I cared about work here.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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