Does Lifespark pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Lifespark employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Lifespark. This rating has improved by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lifespark?

88% of Lifespark employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lifespark 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.6 for culture and values and 4.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lifespark?

Registered Nurse (8) , Director (6) , Home Health Aide (5) , RN Case Manager (4) , Business Office Manager (3) , Certified Nursing Assistant CNA (3) , Community Liaison (3) , Manager (3) , Physical Therapist (3) , Business Development (2) , CEO-Founder (2) , Executive Director (2) , Intake Coordinator (2) , Marketing Director (2) , Nurse Practitioner (2)

What are the pros of working at Lifespark according to real employee reviews?

"• Competitive pay" ((in 9 reviews)); " • Culture of Joy, Heart, and Purpose – People genuinely care about each other, and it shows." ((in 6 reviews)); "Lifesprk offers a fairly competitive initial salary for the role, friendly coworkers, and is rapidly expanding in the metro area" ((in 5 reviews)); "supportive team" ((in 5 reviews)); "Great work life balance" ((in 4 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lifespark according to real employee reviews?

"I feel like management isn’t always placed on experience." ((in 5 reviews)); "Communication is a big down fall for this company even though they love to say they promote transparency, you won’t find that here." ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about Lifespark layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Lifespark layoffs and their outlook for job security at Lifespark in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Lifespark locations?

Saint Louis Park , Minneapolis , Saint Paul , Edina , East Bethel , Salt Lake City , Appleton , Minnesota Lake , Princeton , Chaska , Forest Lake , Saint Cloud , Brooklyn Park , Woodbury , Minneapolis-Saint Paul

Lifespark reviews

4.4

88% would recommend to a friend

(148 total reviews)

Joel Theisen

88% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.6

Culture & values

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.5

Career opportunities

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.4

Senior management

4.0

Compensation and benefits

Lifespark has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 148 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Lifespark employee rating is 28% above average for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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148 reviews

1.0

Feb 24, 2023

Poor leadership, lack of basic empathy

Information technology

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company may feel "warm and fuzzy" with a great mission up front, but do not be fooled.

Cons

Leadership likes to tout that "culture is their strategy." It is a nice tagline, but meant nothing in practice. Drastic, sweeping decisions (mistakes) were made without ever consulting anyone internally who may be able to provide insight. Large numbers of internal/FTE's were laid off in favor of "expert consultants" who came in and made a huge mess for everyone to figure out. Large groups of employees would be laid off, and in the next all company meeting, they were referred to as "corporate overhead" (instead of people) and they didn't want to spend too much time discussing the layoffs, so as to not "bring down the mood."

Lifespark Response

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We are sorry to hear your thoughts because culture is our strategy and we stand firmly behind that. Our team members, even in the midst of rapid growth, have repeatedly voted us a Top 150 and Top USA workplace. We’ve been very vocal and transparent about our shift from fee-for-service to value-based care to serve seniors more fully with a complete senior health experience. At the same time, like many companies across the country, current economic factors have led us to make tough decisions with non-client facing staff, unfortunately impacting roughly 1% of our workforce. We covered that in great detail via company meetings, team meetings, and direct communication to help our people understand and feel confident about why these decisions were made. The good news, Lifespark remains a stable, healthy company with a committed workforce and we are not slowing down our hiring. Happy to meet with you to clear up any misunderstandings but also to learn more from your perspective on areas we can improve our employee experience which as always, remains a priority. Please reach out to our HR team at sparkon@lifespark.com.

1.0

Dec 15, 2022

Toxic Upper Managment

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The mission, who can't get behind improving the lives of seniors? People truly wanted to make a difference in their lives.

Cons

- Upper Management cares naught about any of the employees across the company. - Poor future outlook, they have no idea what they are doing and they have the wrong people leading the teams making decisions. - Upper Management often hides information and details from their employees, leaving everyone to feel panicked and worried - Current employees are left in the dark when it comes to upward mobility and new roles are not open to internal employees - Pay is consistently below market - Benefits are not competitive - Diversity is not a value - Culture and moral has deteriorated to completely toxic and sad over the years that I worked there

2.0

Nov 6, 2022

Great Engineering team, very poor head leaders

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great flexibility, benefits and great team (Engineering)

Cons

The head of Lifespark is a joke, very, very bad decision-making over and over. Multiple teams laid off, changing directions over and over, wasting money.

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