Lessen reviews

2.2

23% would recommend to a friend

(179 total reviews)
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Jay McKee

26% approve of CEO

14% positive business outlook

Lessen has an employee rating of 2.2 out of 5 stars, based on 179 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Lessen employee rating is 41% below average for employers within the Real Estate industry (3.8 stars).

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179 reviews
1.0
Dec 29, 2024

Sunk cost

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible schedule Good PTO Well maintained office

Cons

Company's goal is to solve the problem that they are creating. Extremely unstable. Stroke the right egos or know the right person and you’ll climb the ranks. New upper management comes on promising to fix the world’s problems, only to accomplish nothing. Roadmap is nonexistent. If you step on the wrong persons toes, a witch-hunt will be after you. CEO is out of touch.

1.0
Dec 11, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- Great peers and co-workers. Very helpful. - Great skillset gained with peers

Cons

- Poor pay. Senior level position isn't even 6 figures considering the ton of workload given! - Constant layoffs! 6 waves for the past 2 years and there will be more next year. The survey conducted isn't really anonymous and if you respond negatively it's highly likely you'll get included in the next wave of layoff. - No guidance from middle management. They just throw lots of tickets from different projects but they do not care if the deadline is not realistic. - Too much preferential treatment / nepotism from the middle management. Several team members do not document their work but the director/VP is okay with it because of being 'friends' with them. Don't ever try to do the same thing if you're not within their circle because they're gonna make a big deal about it. Double standards!

1.0
May 28, 2024

Not Great

Recommend
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Pros

They are trying to correct serious flaws in their model.

Cons

I’ve never worked for an employer that makes its employees feel as unimportant as Lessen does. From their clawback of remote work to condescending employee appreciation events that only acknowledged higher performing individuals, Lessen has made it clear that they don’t trust or care about their employees. They’ve gone through ~6 rounds of layoffs and continue to cut people. Would not recommend.

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