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Updated Aug 6, 2022
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "If you drive during prime time you can really make bank which is great for people in between jobs." (in 208 reviews)
- "Can make good money once your make it to the mentoring role and even more once they invite you to be a recruiter." (in 145 reviews)
- "Low pay for rides even if you ride all day you won’t meet your goal cause this company is money hungry." (in 167 reviews)
- "Senior leadership, in some departments, is under experienced and it leads to inefficiency and frustration sometimes." (in 25 reviews)
- "Bad managers are not disciplined or held accountable, even when there is extreme turnover" (in 20 reviews)
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- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Hours set by driver. Daily pay.
Cons
No benefits offered by Lyft.
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Lyft has a very supportive community
Cons
None, Lyft is the best company to go to
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Free food, decent pay and nice office
Cons
Horrible culture; arrogant coworkers and declining business
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
You meet a lot of interesting people.
Cons
Pandemic ruined the ability to make money.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
- No shortage of proactive colleagues who work hard to get things done - Work life balance. You’re typically encouraged to take time off
Cons
- Startup mentality that makes it harder to scale processes
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Set my own hours. Enjoyed clients, Company was very responsive when problems arose.
Cons
Wear and tear on car ate up profits.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Awesome tech stack Private infrastructure Great work-life balance Good management
Cons
Unclear promotion path Unclear company future due to Uber competition
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Choose your work times, work has much or as lite has you want.
Cons
Ride rates are bad, make less than $5 per ride for distances under 5 miles. With hugh gas prices you end up paying to drive riders around or maybe end up with a whole $1 made after expenses.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Opportunity to make lots of money quickly Not limited in your hours Can effectively run your own business, how YOU want
Cons
The company has shown disregard for its employees The driver support number has been active and inactive many times during my time with Lyft 2017-2020... This resulted in a couple disastrous situations Pay has continuously dropped, while costs to the passengers have risen Maintenance costs are heavy for full time, long term drivers Lyft execs care too much for their third and fourth yachts and not enough for the men and women who took them from nothing up to a massive billion dollar company
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
My own boss. My own schedule.
Cons
None. No complaints. None. No complaints