Lime reviews

3.4

60% would recommend to a friend

(482 total reviews)

Wayne Ting

64% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Lime has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 482 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lime employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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482 reviews
4.0
Aug 23, 2019

Senior Accountant

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Even though it's been only a half year it feels much more because working for Lime is always on full speed. It's exciting to work for a startup that is fastly growing and where you can build something, even in finance! Getting new projects done, creating processes and improving the current ones are really nice benefits and added a lot to my work experience and helped to improve my knowledge. Great environment, truly motivated and hard-working people!

Cons

Better and more transparent communication across departments would help for the teamwork and to understand the other's processes.

5.0
Aug 22, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Massive community - of likeminded people all ready to communicate, assist and help you with your market. Nobody is in it for themselves Hyper Growth - I have never worked for a company that is growing at this rate Good renumeration - I am paid suitably for the hours and time I am expected to put in, also share options make me want this company to succeed. Always changing landscape - London is a tricky market for this but it means every day is something new. Potential for massive reward - Share options and the reward of dominating the market in future transportation Helping change the world - Whenever people walk past the office or learn who I work for they want to talk about it, tell us of experiences particularly on scooters in Europe but ultimately they smile and say that our products and service is incredible.

Cons

Long hours - However that comes with working for a startup and if you dont want to do the hours then you arent right for the role Some uncertainty - or the London market and how our government will and when they will adopt scooters. Interviews and recruitment process - Though I had around 6 interviews it does mean that there is faith in me being the right person for the job which is comforting.

1.0
Aug 10, 2019

No good can come of this

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Pros

You get a lot of autonomy in terms of your day-to-day. That's about it for pros, at least for field ops. In most markets you're unlikely to see/hear from your manager very often, so if you're confident in your decision-making ability it can be nice to have the freedom to do as you see fit.

Cons

To narrow it down, I would say leadership in general. I mean this at all levels: executives, central operations, local ops org. There is little to no consideration of what actually makes sense to do, merely what is expedient. Tools needed to accurately track metrics for your market are either at MVP or locked down so you can't get information you need to do your job. They also will not spring for enterprise licenses for any external tools, so they'll ask people to share credentials. There is no transparency whatsoever, so you'll constantly wonder what the strategy is or what's coming down the pipeline. Personally, I was led to believe this would be an analytical role focusing on process improvement and business strategy, only to find out after starting that it's a warehouse manager role requiring you to be plugged in 24/7. I received calls from my team as late as 2am on a regular basis, even on weekends, and had more than a few times where senior leaders were badgering me on Slack in the wee hours of the morning. The company gives the impression that they believe they are still a scrappy little startup, rather than a leader in their industry with nearly $1 billion in funding. The org structure is vague and it's hard to know who to go to with issues and concerns (not that anyone would be likely to help if you asked). It's a big red flag to me if you can't trust anything coming from leadership, particularly when so much of the compensation is tied to the success of the company through stock options rather than being paid a fair market wage. Also, tools and parts are difficult to come by, so you're often expected to use what little money they pay you to come out of pocket for expenses (spent $2000 my first week on tools). In short, the job gives you the responsibility of multiple roles, the resources for none, and the trust level of a temp.

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