Lyft reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(2,157 total reviews)
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David Risher

65% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Lyft has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,157 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 13, 2019
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Pros

Solid PM, data, and eng orgs Health insurance not bad, Lyft credit is good Generally good execution and things move fast Lots of experienced leadership joining from other companies

Cons

Feels penny smart and pound foolish: No 401k match, low salary compared to other companies Focus on feelings and sentiment over practicality and quality (ie things like car quality) Not sure what the local teams do and why we have so many of them. People get defensive when this is asked. It's not like we are managing different countries with different cultures, this is cities in the same country. Not a fun environment. I don't see many people hanging out at work. It feels super politically correct and sjw. Supporting functions like marketing and ops aren't that good

1.0
Feb 8, 2019
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Pros

High growth, interesting working, great office, good perks

Cons

In my one year there, the theme that repeatedly showed up is that in such a high growth phase, there is no process in place to think about you as an employee. They couldn't care less about you. Executives repeatedly speak about the culture of the company: uplift others, make it happen, but the reality is a) uplift others in practice is more like uplift yourself, bc whoever does the best job of marketing themselves is probably staying and b) Make it happen doesn't at all play out in practice, bc the politics and bureaucracy make it close to impossible to get anything done. And the real kicker was we had trainings on workplace harassment, but when I had a hostile workplace where I was bullied for 8 months by my manager, HR did shockingly little to protect me, and said "work on the things they've asked you to" And to add to that, our entire team was laid off 1 month before my vesting mark, pre-Ipo, with no notice. Being an international on an H1-B, that leaves me with <30 days to find a job (30 more days of paperwork), or I will be forced to leave after 20 years of being here. I wouldn't wish this experience on my worst enemy.

5.0
Feb 5, 2019
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Pros

- flat org, no egos - great opportunity for growth - bandwidth, manager always checks in to see if you are overwhelmed or need help - close with lead/management = great opportunity for both parties to grow together and learn from each other, hands off but there when you need - mgmnt always has your best interest in mind and will fight for you - mgmnt goes out of her way to bring culture to office, she genuinely cares about her team - Qly offsites!

Cons

- none that i can think of

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