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
Aug 15, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of drinks kept in stock in the fridges of all locations, IPAs, wine and everything else you could want at your office, and work events that include lots of drinking, a pro if you like to drink, con if coworkers cant handle there liquor, it can cause uncomfortable situations, not alot of maturity in some areas but keeps it light and fun, not your typical 9-5 experience!

Cons

Frivolous, spending and decision making when sending employees back and fourth to different offices out of state instead of entrusting tasks on at hand employees, airfare, room,food and transportation creates reimbursement requests that were never ending! Managment in different departments are making unconscionable decisions that could financially hurt the company, allowing for so much movement of employees to transfer in and out of a location to another and covering the cost of the relocation, increased cost of living and not utilizing resources for local talent or a current employee at the physical site to avoid the excessive spending is incomprehensible, and creates a sense of favoritism amongst your workforce. Many gifts that exceed $100 are given out and most companies typically steer away from excessive items again trying to avoid any favoritism amongst employees. Last thing is alot of fundraising, childrens events and sales going on for unwork related extracurricular activities for peoples children, it makes employees feel obligated and uncomfortable when being asked especially when your put on the spot at work A financial advisor, and implementation of a budget within departments would allow more insight on what is being spent and where it is going, this may help you regain traction to keep moving in a positive direction, if you can get a grip on so much unnecessary spending.

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Lessen Response
3y
Thank you for the feedback. Lessen has traditionally been a work hard, play hard start up. However, we do have travel and expense policies established and a capable accounting team that audits expenses.
2.0
Aug 10, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers are willing to help

Cons

Senior leadership doesn’t have a clue how to run a construction company.

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Lessen Response
3y
Sorry that your experience so far has been less than satisfactory. Feel free to reach out to anyone on the management team or in human resources if you would like to be more specific with your feedback. We would appreciate hearing more about your point of view. When you add up the total years of experience on the senior leadership team in the construction and real estate industry, it exceeds a hundred years. We believe the expertise is there.
2.0
Aug 3, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The intent is there, and so is the help.

Cons

Unfortunately too many people that are more tech savvy than construction experienced are prolonging simple fixes. Middle management are people who jumped ship from other failed tech companies bringing over the same idiocies.

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Lessen Response
3y
Thanks for your feedback. Being a tech-enabled service, our goal is to automate and facilitate the construction life cycle. As our technology platform continues to be enhanced, we believe the quality and timeliness of our performance is enhanced with it.
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