Lightning Bolt Solutions reviews

Prefacing this review with: It seems like a lot of these reviews are either 1* or 5*. Let's be realistic everyone, Lightning Bolt is not the best of the best and cannot compete with other 5* places like Google. But it is also a cool place to learn & work and by no means is a 1* company. Attempting to be as unbiased as possible, as a lot of these reviews are either mad ex-employees OR current employees whose job is to make LB look enticing (you can tell who these two groups are if you've worked here...) -Bright coworkers. Warm, friendly environment. Very easy to get along with (most of) your coworkers. -Work from home Tuesdays & Thursdays -Flexible WFH, if wanting to take "half-breaks" maybe working from your hometown, etc. -Snacks available in the office (chips, drinks, fruit, etc. Small lunch items available to make an OK lunch. Catered lunches about 1-2 times per month. -Software idea is cool and is probably the best for the specific/niche market that LB is in -Old management is being cycled out. For good or for worse, that's up to the individual. Personally, I think new management will be much better for growth in the long term -Promotions/raises are looking quite good recently (past 6 months) as a point to combat other people's reviews saying low raises/promotions. BUT maybe this is only due to the employee turnover all at once -Extremely easy to give feedback to seniors/leads/management and you will almost always get immediate changes if it's truly a good change -Opportunities to work on side projects of interest: client facing, internal facing, sales, etc.

-Advancements in your career and growth as an employee. I started out part-time, and I am now part of our management team. In fact, most management started at entry-level and have worked their way up. You're also given the opportunity to gain experience in other aspects of the company that you're interested in. If someone feels their position is "dead-end", then that's most likely on the employee. -Work-life balance is huge-- especially with the option to work from home. This is probably more of an outcome of the overall culture of caring for the employees. Any company should know that their employees are their most important asset, and Lightning Bolt embraces this. -Working with great people that you can learn from. You're surrounded by very intelligent and bright people who bring different backgrounds and experience with them. There are a lot of friendships here, and we all want to help make sure each other succeed. If there are staff who are detrimental to moral, productivity, and the overall culture, management will make sure to address it. -Easy access to management and the ability to have a voice within the company. All staff have one-on-one meetings with their managers. Anyone here can talk with the CEO if you want-- something I would've never imagined at my past positions. -The office has been great to work at! I know most of it has been built with suggestions and feedback from the staff, and it's always getting updated based on suggestions from the team. The pool table is easily the most used toy we have!