Good FIRST job but it’s gone downhill - Community Associate Lyft Employee Review

3.0
Jan 22, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- coworkers are great - benefits (but they’ve been declining) - work/life balance is great - you learn a lot and working corporate lyft is a resume builder - work culture but also has diminished

Cons

- pay is low - management plays favorites. You’re set if they love you, but if not, you’ll never be promoted - it’s hard to enjoy what you do when a large majority of the company bashes on your role about how pointless it is, how the entire department should go away, and how much of a money guzzler it is. CAs are the least paying lyft role. Experienced Lyft drivers make more than CAs.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Mar 30, 2026
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Pros

Discovering parts of Las Vegas I wouldn't normally visit. Meeting nice people from all over the Valley and the world.

Cons

With the price of gas right now, my pay for using a mid-sized vehicle averaged out to $8 per hour (before taxes), even after 3 "bonuses." This is less than the Nevada minimum wage of $12. Regardless of what the app tells you, Lyft takes about 2/3 of the earnings for each ride, charging both for the rental and extra fees they claim have to do with the cost of car maintenance. Not sure why maintenance and everyday wear wouldn't be handled by Hertz as a normal part of their fleet ownership, as it would with any other rental. Indeed, if you're doing the Express Driver program, you have to take the car for service after getting a voucher from Hertz. On a different note, the number of riders with no picture or fake names is really high in Las Vegas compared to other places where I've driven. This issue has become a safety concern.

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