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You are disposable - Avis employé Senior Systems Engineer Lightspeed Systems

2,0
10 janv. 2020
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Avantages

The day-to-day life at Lightspeed is generally pretty good. Plenty of snacks and food, even enough to make for a halfway decent lunch. Realistic deadlines make for usually modest stress levels, although there is the occasional crunch time.

Inconvénients

The pay at Lightspeed is insulting, offering salaries well below the market rate. Turnover is high, both with resignations and layoffs. Foreign investors bought a sizeable chunk of leadership in the company within the last year. A massive round of layoffs swept their staff in late 2019 to early 2020, wiping out much of their senior engineering personnel. It's a tough time to be a member of their team as of late, and I would be worried to be a Lightspeed customer. Don't work here. The dismal morale is not worth the degrading pay. Even as a temp job, your salary at Lightspeed will hurt your negotiations for another position. I would recommend Lightspeed for only the most desperate of people.

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5,0
1 avr. 2026
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Avantages

I've been nothing but supported and mentored by the great folks here, could not recommend enough; mission is great as well, a very impactful and needed job.

Inconvénients

None! Great amenities, chefs, etcetera!

1,0
9 janv. 2026
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Avantages

Good product, and good "mission"

Inconvénients

Severely ineffective leadership at multiple levels. Senior leadership is disconnected from day-to-day realities and consistently makes decisions without understanding how work actually gets done. Strategy shifts frequently, with little explanation or accountability, leaving teams scrambling and burned out. Top-down, fear-based management culture. Feedback only flows one way. Employees are expected to absorb unrealistic demands without pushback, and raising concerns is quietly punished through exclusion, stalled growth, or increased scrutiny. Lack of transparency and honesty. Communication from leadership is vague at best and misleading at worst. Important changes are rolled out without warning, context, or follow-up, eroding trust across teams. Employees treated as expendable resources. Workloads are excessive, boundaries are ignored, and there is little regard for mental health or sustainable productivity. Retention issues are framed as “performance problems” rather than a reflection of leadership failure. No meaningful accountability for leadership. Poor decisions have real consequences for frontline employees, but leadership rarely owns mistakes. Instead, blame is pushed downward, creating a culture where survival matters more than collaboration or quality work. Professional growth is talked about, not supported. Promotions, raises, and development opportunities feel arbitrary and political rather than merit-based. High performers are rewarded with more work, not advancement. Morale is consistently low. Talented people leave not because of the work, but because of how they’re treated. The organization appears more focused on optics than fixing the underlying leadership and cultural problems.

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