Lyft reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(2,151 total reviews)
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David Risher

63% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Lyft has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,151 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lyft 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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2.0
Jul 6, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive pay, lovely teammates, great managers.

Cons

The leadership (David Risher, as well as those immediately under him) is driving the company to the ground. After two layoffs in less than six months, the company morale is at an all time low. Everyone around me is interviewing or have already left. Someone raised this concern to the leadership and all they said was “we are keeping an eye on the situation.” And? Aren’t you gonna do something to keep people from leaving? Oh right, they cut our comp by 10-20%. Great call. By the way, stay away from this company if you’re on H1b and want a green card. I have coworkers who were waiting to file their PERM, but the two layoffs really messed it up, because after each layoff, the company has to wait 180 days before they can file again. The April layoff happened less than 180 days after the November one, so they now have to wait another 180 days. That’s a whole freaking year. And they told me their H1b is only valid for 6 years in total. The leadership clearly doesn’t care about its international employees.

4.0
May 5, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Managers and cross-functional partners were mostly all great people to work with. Pay was competitive. Was provided with opportunities to grow and prove my skills. I had a good amount of freedom to pursue programs I was interested in.

Cons

The people-first culture seems great at first, but you eventually realize that it's mostly a show. Layoffs were done with little empathy, and people absolutely got the sense that leadership didn't care at all. It seems like the company was always a step (or two) behind Uber. We'd find ourselves building features or making decisions after Uber and this seemed to cause our market share to keep slipping. Health & WFH benefits could be better.

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