Company culture completely failed during the pandemic - Accounting Manager Lyft Employee Review

2.0
30 Dec 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Lyft generally hires the best and brightest. Most people who work for Lyft are genuinely kind and generous, and wonderful to work with. The company takes strong political positions and supports excellent causes.

Cons

The company made very little effort to transition well into a remote environment. As a result, ELT stopped understanding how to check on the health & wellness of staff during such a terrible couple of years. Instead of focusing on retention, upper management constantly hassled anyone who took "unreasonable" vacation (note that vacation is "unlimited") and got angry at anyone not performing at 100% all the time (no consideration for anyone suffering from COVID/COVID effects for example, or those having to deal with childcare issues, etc.). It also quickly became clear that there was a cultural division between those who had worked together in the office and those on-boarded remote, with insufficient effort made to give remote workers the same kinds of face-to-face interactions that longer-term employees did not need, as they had already built internal connections. Add obvious hypocrisy with how drivers are treated (serious moral injury), plus throw in some absolutely ridiculous attrition rates, and this job became unreasonably difficult and untenable.

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5.0
21 Jun 2026
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Pros

Meaningful projects. Good science community environment. Good work life balance.

Cons

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2.0
30 Mar 2026
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Pros

Discovering parts of Las Vegas I wouldn't normally visit. Meeting nice people from all over the Valley and the world.

Cons

With the price of gas right now, my pay for using a mid-sized vehicle averaged out to $8 per hour (before taxes), even after 3 "bonuses." This is less than the Nevada minimum wage of $12. Regardless of what the app tells you, Lyft takes about 2/3 of the earnings for each ride, charging both for the rental and extra fees they claim have to do with the cost of car maintenance. Not sure why maintenance and everyday wear wouldn't be handled by Hertz as a normal part of their fleet ownership, as it would with any other rental. Indeed, if you're doing the Express Driver program, you have to take the car for service after getting a voucher from Hertz. On a different note, the number of riders with no picture or fake names is really high in Las Vegas compared to other places where I've driven. This issue has become a safety concern.

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