Lightspeed Reviews

Pros

- Amazing learning - helpful mentors - more than enough salary and advice for your start-up

Cons

- Want more meetings with advisors - WOuld like to learn more about VC business in general

Pros

Everyone has a positive attitude, the product is great, and the company is growing quickly so it's a good time to join.

Cons

No work/ life balance. Quotas are too simple, they only care about top line revenue. Not a lot of room for promotion.

Pros

- Great compensation for those who aim to achieve or over achieve - Fun work environment, great culture, still a start up in many ways - Work with likeminded people that are driven by success and taking this company forward - Tons of room for growth but be prepared to work hard for it

Cons

- Lightspeed has been doubling its business every year, so this means long hours and long weeks. A con for some but a pro for others. If you're a 9-5er, you will not be happy. If you're not willing to work 40+ hours a week and accelerate your career and earning potential, don't apply.

Advice to Management

- Communication is key, especially as we grow. Keeping everyone informed on our vision and direction is important. - Measure twice and cut once with new hires.

Pros

Great people, fun to be around, work hard-party harder environment

Cons

terrible work/life balance, sales methods and quotas are unreasonably high

Advice to Management

Listen to your sales people. Take their advice on how to make selling your product easier. As it stands customers can see that the way we sell the product is far from their best interest.

Pros

Building something incredible. Competitive group that wins.

Cons

Haven't found one yet. No complaints yet.

Pros

Small, start-up feel to the company. Great starting pay. Much higher than the local average. Fantastic company culture that is supplemented by wonderful people. Amazing office space. It's a corgi's dream come true. Low-interference management and plenty of opportunity to expand your role in the company. No one here has ever told me that I can't do/pursue something without a solid reason behind it.

Cons

Not enough companies like this exist. The management style doesn't fit everyone. Small teams = more delays, slower response times. The flip side of giving people the time they need for themselves is that core members are not always available. It forces newer employees to improvise or adapt to fulfill their role.

Advice to Management

Flatness is a good thing. While titles may be important to some it can encourage others to pass the buck. I'd strongly recommend a day trip to Valve to understand why their model works so well and how we can apply it to our ever-expanding team.

Pros

-High growth with lots of potential and opportunity. -Results oriented environment. -Excellent leadership: Dax (CEO) is an ideal leader. -Exciting challenges to take on at every level of the company. -Awesome products in the market and in the pipeline. -Design oriented culture produces work we can all be proud of.

Cons

-High growth leads to some chaos. -Fast-paced environment can be overwhelming at times.

Advice to Management

It's time to get serious about defining and promoting company values. As we continue to grow this will be even more vital.

Pros

Nice people, good perks (food, RRSP…), amazing office, growing.

Cons

I’ve been working for some time in payments at Lightspeed. I was lucky enough to work on high impact projects with some remarkable people. Unfortunately for a few months now, the team has been in a painful downward spiral. Culminating today with an appalling product vision. If you consider joining Lightspeed, be sure to select your team carefully. Ask to meet as many of your future colleagues as possible, and not just...

Advice to Management

Do more to keep talents in. It is such a waste to see that most of the people who had a significant impact either left or are leaving. And please review the hiring process. Using random industry buzzwords shouldn’t be enough to get a senior/management position at a major POS company.