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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5.0
Dec 20, 2018

good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

work on your own time

Cons

sometimes you may feel uncomfortable

1.0
Dec 12, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the tools and softwares that Lyft uses are industry standard. "Lyft" looked great on a resume and I was able to get another job as soon as I started looking. You'll learn a lot about how startups should and shouldn't be run.

Cons

Despite being a multifaceted role where you will ideally learn multiple aspects of the business and likely have more knowledge of the platform than most people you report to, there are next to zero career advancement opportunities in this role (I know coworkers who were there for 1+ years before I was and still have the same role they had when they got there). The vast majority of my experiences in working with management (from my day to day manager all the way up to Logan Green and other SF based leadership I met) were toxic and uncomfortable. Managers love to smile, nod, and say "I hear you, but" whenever you raise any type of concern, even if it could help the company in the big picture. The company culture/attitude towards Community Associates isn't a healthy one and, despite the "corporate" labeling of the role, you're rarely treated like you actually work for the company- in the one instance I met the CEO, he literally walked away from me mid sentence while I introduced myself as a Community Associate (and, fun fact, it was my fifth day at Lyft; what an awesome way to feel welcome at a new job!). Prepare to feel "heard" and never "listened to".

2.0
Dec 9, 2018

Start Up Growing Pains

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Co-workers are the best support system you've got there. There is a total team vibe here. You have each others backs for the most part. -Snacks/food assortment is pretty good. Minimizes how much you would spend downtown trying to get lunch and all that. But don't count on that for too long as when a start-up company goes public, they drop all of these types of fringe benefits. -You're held accountable for YOUR work. Because team members aren't pulling their weight doesn't affect you but you're also not micromanaged depending on your Team Lead. -Provide grandfathered employees lyft credits. New employees moving forward only receive 20% off of their rides. -If you're the empathetic type of person, you feel like you're helping people resolve problems and that can be gratifying to a good degree, but cooler heads prevail with angry customers. -Some team leads won't breath down your neck. This job doesn't get claustrophobic. People give you space to be yourself and get your work done with a healthy dose of socializing as well.

Cons

-TERRIBLE workforce management when it comes to forecasting company needs during the holidays. Expect last minute answers when it comes to Holiday schedules. Lyft, you can make this better. Make it happen. -Scheduling. Your schedule is based on "work performance" and "productivity". Which leads to the 4th item in the cons list. Don't expect to be given the schedule you want. They change your schedule every 6 months. You'll fill out a form saying what you'd like to work and they won't give you anything you've asked for. You'll need to schedule school and other things around their schedule, which makes it difficult to balance work/life when you're told what your new schedule is 1 week before. They'll say they need more people to work in the evenings and 75% of the work force will be given morning schedules. What gives guys? I give you the courtesy of requesting time off in advance and the favor isn't returned. -Low pay. Come on. Just about everyone in the downtown area is paying at least $18/hr starting. Especially with the gradual move to not giving new employees credits, people are going to need the extra money to pay to get to work if they don't have a vehicle in the already almost impossible to park downtown area. -No one seems to know how the company produces numbers. If you're the type that wants to know what is comprised of productivity data and other information important to your performance, no one seems to know how the data is created. It'd be nice to let your employees know what data you're using to measure their productivity. -Transparency is like pulling teeth. -Parking sucks. Expect to park 15 min walk or try to fight the parking garage management to get a monthly pass which Lyft pays for but is seemingly impossible to find a decent garage that doesn't have creeps lurking. -1 year to move up in the company. This is a pro and a con because they don't want a bunch of people who are starting out to move into heavier customer service issues but also it prevents people who really deserve to be somewhere else from moving anywhere they wish to apply. -Lyft credits. If you're hired in 2019, don't expect to get those sweet credits that Lyft gave to it's employees. You'll only receive 20% off of your rides as the new perk goes. -Allowing people to be themselves also doesn't have to equate to using the office as a soap box. People openly spew their view on politics and other things you're not really supposed to be talking about in the office. Not everyone agrees with your points of view and to be quite honest, I can get on Facebook if I want that.

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