Lighthouse Has the Wrong Bus, Not the Wrong People on the Bus - Anonymous employee Lighthouse Employee Review

1.0
9 Apr 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There is nothing good about Lighthouse. "Pros" like the variety of snacks in the kitchen are not really "pros", just things management provides to reduce complaints by employees who would rather leave the building than eat cheese sticks and nuts to make it through 11 straight hours with no breaks.

Cons

This is the worst place I have worked in a 15-year career. You will be expected to work 60-70 hours per week while the company insists on, and continues to pay lip service to, its incredible "work-life balance". Lighthouse is only able to maintain this fantasy through practices that don't adequately reflect the number of hours employees log every week. This has led to serious retention problems, with many employees leaving within 3-6 months. The main issue is that Lighthouse was started by a core group of people who had previously worked together for many years, and thus enjoyed putting in long hours to build a company. This has created a culture in which new employees are viewed as having a poor work ethic when they treat the job as a job, and not a fun project undertaken by a group of friends. Many former employees left not because they worked so many hours, but rather because they continued to be perceived as lazy while putting in such high hours.

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5.0
6 Feb 2026
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Pros

Flex PTO policy, Great autonomy, ability to have an impact, strong cross collaboration

Cons

transitional challenges as the company scales

2.0
3 Feb 2026
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Pros

Great PTO and WFH. Amazing people i worked with. Truly the reason I stayed as long as I did. The PAC (HR) team js helpful and cares.

Cons

Layoffs are every year. You need to be billable but sales staff has been decimated. I pretty well knew I was next to be chopped. Since the CEO change, it has been down hill. Management changed and it went from feeling welcome to feeling like a burden. Leadership has changed a lot and has become distant and cold. I went from feeling like I was valued to just being low hanging fruit for an easy cost cut while the leader got promoted.

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