Lyft reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,149 total reviews)
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David Risher

62% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Lyft has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,149 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
Feb 16, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

-Working on a great product that people love

Cons

-Lyft is easily the most politically charged company I’ve ever worked for, and in recent years its gotten much worse. The culture that was once there and made lyft well known is an ancient memory, and the current ex-Google leadership has slowly taken over the company. Don’t fall for what Lyft once was. Those days are long gone. -Perf cycles lead to very very low comp increases even if you do incredibly well. So don’t expect much reward for working hard. Which you will be forced to do. -Zero transparency over why decisions are made at the company. Heavily propaganda laden environment as well. -In general don’t go to Lyft if culture, people, or pay are your motivators. These are now Lyft’s biggest weak points, and they will try to sell them as strengths. So beware.

2.0
Jul 26, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work environment co workers are nice

Cons

Seniority does not matter. New people are brought on by managers that know the new hire personally. Then that new hire gets special treatment and gets favoritism. Management really doesn't care about your growth unless it will benefit them (getting a promotion). New hires that know manager come in and act like they are above you and treat you like nothing because of the "connection" they have with the manager. No benefits they just contract you and use you as they please.

5.0
Nov 15, 2015

Great place to grow yourself, and amazing data

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lyft is all about the culture. We're working in one of the biggest emerging industries of the decade, and our business outlook is very strong. But there is still a genuineness that filters down from the founders to all the teams that I've worked with, and the people I'm working seem to be the happiest that I've seen in any of my previous companies. I've received strong mentorship, and at the same time been able to immediately (within my first month of employment) start my own projects, driving them to completion over my first few months. My team respects the strengths that people bring in with them, and I've felt they foster autonomy. External stakeholder recognition comes easy, and causes me to want to go above and beyond the call of duty (e.g. occasionally working on weekends) because I know I'm being recognized for it. This is the first company where I've felt an allegiance to the company values and, although it sound corny, actually feel proud to follow them. (e.g. 'Be Yourself' - this actually feels like the first place I've worked that doesn't focus on conformity and this feels liberating).

Cons

The Data Analytics team at Lyft is very autonomous, but this can lead to the sense that we're are not being put under external pressure to grow and improve. A lot of this motivation has to come from inside you. I'd only recommend working here if you feel personally motivated to perform, and to contribute to the future of human centric transportation. The ride-sharing industry may look like a battle front, but Lyft feels like it's rejected this metaphor. I'm aware that I'm probably responsible at Lyft for the equivalent work of 4-5 people at Uber, who are probably each working 40-50% more hours than me. This feel rewarding (impact wise) but I almost crave higher expectations and standards. The HR department feels like a black box and I'm disappointed by their tools and documentation. Coworker feedback should be completely separated from 360 performance and compensation reviews as there are huge incentive misalignments (if I give my coworker valuable suggestions for improvement, this feels like it could hinder them from getting rewarded appropriately.) This could just be because we're growing so fast and this system is new.

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