People are great, leadership is terrible - Software Engineer Lyft Employee Review

3.0
15 Aug 2024
Recommend
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Pros

I came to Lyft for mentorship, ownership and to improve my engineering skills. Overall I think that was achieved but the quality of the overall environment has been trending downwards the entire time I’ve been here. Coworkers are great, you work with some truly smart people Good work life balance Ownership of your projects

Cons

Constant thrash in priorities from leadership, cannot stick to a strategy for more than 1 or 2 quarters. Expectations of growth even though there’s not much scope past senior. Currently seeing a lot of burnout and attrition.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

You can make over $100 per day most of the time and you meet some nice people for the most part.

Cons

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