LightSpeed VT reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(21 total reviews)

Brad Lea

75% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

LightSpeed VT has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 21 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The LightSpeed VT employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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21 reviews
1.0
Aug 4, 2015

Tread Carefully

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You'll get free lunch on Friday... and that's about the extent of it.

Cons

The company has gone through a radical shift in upper management in recent months, creating many mixed messages on what's expected from the employees. At first glance, this appeared to be a great opportunity, but the deeper I got in, the layers begin to peel back to reveal a culture and environment that encouraged back-biting and lies. When I was asked to sign a 'social contract' a few months back, I was told the entire company, including the CEO, would be held accountable. What a joke! This company has no integrity... it has no heart, and while it pretends to "care" about its people by providing free lunch and the occasional "Beer Thirty" on Fridays (that's right, beer in the office during work hours), you will learn that the "used car" mentality its CEO brings to the table does nothing but play people, and clients, against each other on a daily basis. But hey, don't take my word for it... see for yourself. I look forward to reading your review in the future!

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LightSpeed VT Response
8y
You heard him/her!! We have free lunch and beeeer! Apply ASAP!
1.0
Aug 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people for the most part, free lunch every Friday, chance to explore various companies and their products if you are interested in that sort of thing.

Cons

Chaotic work environment, with little to no guidance for job requirements or expectations. The company reorganized three times in 2015 alone, including hiring and firing corporate strategists who exposed weaknesses in the company's policy once they pointed them out to the CEO/COO. Top management micro manages customer service side of the workflow and refuses to acknowledge the reality of the work and the types of work done in that division, which leads to overworked, overstressed employees who they just fire once they change gears and leave everyone scrambling to pick up the pieces. Poor consistency with pay, workload, and processes. Job work changes almost weekly, and when it does it comes with vague instructions like "It's just common sense, just do this this way and it will be fine," except those instructions are loaded with a lack of understanding of what that job actually does. C-Suite does not listen to employees about the realities of the work and their clients. Too many clients have a direct line to the CEO which artificially alters workflow, expectations, and ability to manage time, and then the blame always falls on the worker at the bottom. Positions filled and employees burned through to be replaced by new versions instead of working to make positions better. Constant demeaning speech from C-Suite: "You're all expendable, we don't need you, we can do this job without you" and "What are you all, stupid? I can do this with my eyes closed! You should all just know what to do, I shouldn't have to tell you your job descriptions!" People get written up for facial expressions, jokes, and other pieces of humor up to days after the event because the C-Suite imagined a slight against them Newest C-Suite member is questionable, and does not know the product or industry.

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LightSpeed VT Response
8y
This is all true........except the parts that have been written in text.
1.0
Aug 11, 2015

I Cannot Recommend

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I worked with some amazing people. Working for a small company and knowing all my coworkers is a lot of fun.

Cons

All the amazing people I work with keep on getting fired. The lack of stability created a paranoid environment.

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LightSpeed VT Response
8y
This is 100% my fault. I was hiring too many amazing people. I had to get rid of them because everything was getting too amazing. Sorry.
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