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      4.4

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (43 total reviews)
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      William Falcon

      80% approve of CEO

      85% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.5

      Career opportunities

      4.4

      Compensation and benefits

      4.1

      Culture and values

      4.1

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.9

      Senior management

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      Lightning AI has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 43 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Lightning AI 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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      43 reviews
      1.0
      10 Dec 2022

      Toxic Culture

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - pytorch-lightning the open source framework. -

      Cons

      Work culture is really toxic. Product managers are clueless. If you have an offer just be prepared to be either let go or burned out if things do not work out.

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      Lightning AI Response
      2y
      First and foremost, we truly wish you had a better experience working at Lightning AI. We value your feedback and know that working at an early-stage startup has ups and downs. Since this review, we’ve put significant time, effort, and energy into ensuring cross-team alignment and building a positive, productive culture that we can all be proud of. We are glad you were part of our company and had a positive experience working on the open source side, which is exactly where our journey began. If you would like to share more feedback and details on your time at the company, please reach out to us. Thank you for taking the time to share this with us and best of luck to you in the future.
      1.0
      14 Jan 2023

      Great Engineering Talent! Meh Management

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Strong involvement in the ML open source community with PyTorch Lightning and collaborations with big tech giants and startups.

      Cons

      There is confusion about the roadmap within the product team and uncertainty among the team about what's going to happen. Not a huge fan of the founder and his way of going about things.

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      Lightning AI Response
      2y
      Hello former employee! From the beginning of your review, you picked up on what makes Lightning AI special - the people. We are glad to hear you enjoyed working alongside some truly talented engineers and partners across the wider ML community. It seems like you really captured the open source spirit during your time here! In the past 6 months, we’ve taken your feedback into account and made a dedicated effort to build bridges between each team to improve transparency, communication, and collaboration. Our CEO has always been very hands-on, and he’s been laser-focused on aligning everyone toward a common goal. We thank you for your feedback and wish you all the best!
      1.0
      8 Jun 2023

      A culture of fear

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits Talented hires Exciting industry Advancement opportunities (this is actually also a con because the leadership team is full of unseasoned folks who frankly shouldn’t be there)

      Cons

      The CEO dictates everything here. When I say everything, I mean everything. When I say “dictates”, I mean it! He’ll change the priorities and direction at the drop of a hat and if you’re not following, you’re out. This would be fine if it ever lead to any actual profit or a path to monetization, but at his bequest we killed the only product that was generating any revenue. His demeanor and tone is often times aggressive and belittling, it has become a regular occurrence to hear phrases like “get this through your head” during the weekly 2+ hour town halls. His disrespectful attitude leads to extreme micromanagement from the leadership team who fear his back lash, not leaving any room for consultation from the experts they hire. Advice to candidates: look at reviews of Grid AI (our name before rebranding) as well- you’ll see there’s a pattern that sadly isn’t a cause for any change or concern.

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      Lightning AI Response
      2y
      Hey current team member! We appreciate your willingness to share your experience and genuinely appreciate your constructive feedback. We have already taken the step to discuss your feedback directly with the executive team, which has put together a series of action items to ensure that our talented team members not only feel respected, but excited to come to work. We pride ourselves on the opportunities we give to our team to step up, advance their careers, and work directly alongside people at every level of our organization, including right next to the CEO. It’s important that we acknowledge that we can do better while also understanding that some days will always be harder than others and no one is perfect. We’d like to invite you to connect with us directly to share any additional thoughts, or even ideas about how we can address some of your feedback. We’re all ears.
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