I wish I was warned about Lucidpress
Pros
Almost everyone is nice and thoughtful, generally good people to work with. Lucid Software as a parent company provides lots of benefits, activities, learning/networking, and a positive culture. People were comfortable being themselves. Lucid had all the benefits that I would expect at a company of this size.
Cons
I think that candidates need to know that Lucidpress is a completely separate experience from Lucidchart/Lucid Software. Except for getting the same benefits package, it might as well be a different company. For all of the glowing reviews about "Lucid", you are not getting the Lucid experience at Lucidpress, despite how it may be presented during recruiting. Lucidpress is really an afterthought to anyone I met from Lucidchart, and not once did I ever see a Lucid exec attend a Lucidpress-only meeting, ever. Lucidpress definitely felt like it was struggling during my time there. As a salesperson, I received one marketing generated lead per month, two if lucky. Seriously. Only real estate sales is able to consistently close deals, otherwise it's entirely based on luck. Lucidpress hasn't figured out how to pitch to other types of businesses, and there is a fundamental issue that most companies don't actually want non-designers editing their branded content, contradicting our "brand consistency" pitch. When we did trade shows, very few leads came through and even fewer ever seemed to close. Prospecting also rarely worked and conversion on cold calls or emails was extremely low. Deal sizes are minimal, and $5-10k feels like a lot to designer buyers. I was often confused why I was hired when we seemingly had no demand or viable market, and constantly second guessed why I was spending my time here. Despite the issues that seemed to exist, I didn't see leadership making significant changes. It seemed like Lucidpress leaders just wanted to maintain the status quo for fear of admitting that things weren't working. Real estate deals were presented as growth indicators, but without a plan to replicate them in other industries. The burden is put on sales reps to figure out how to sell the product, but it didn't seem like the company or leadership was willing or able to set any real direction for sales to follow. Most importantly, I just think that anyone considering Lucidpress should be warned that it feels like a sinking ship. You're not joining the flashy unicorn of Lucid Software. It's not fair for anyone to think they're joining a growing part of Lucid when Lucidpress felt more like it's dying on the vine.
