Your mileage may vary... - Anonymous employee LSI Solutions Employee Review

3.0
Aug 14, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are pretty amazing comparatively. Despite their flaws, the owners are very generous. Some departments are great, so if you wind up in a good one, you're golden.

Cons

Every department is different. There is no one company culture. At times, it feels like upper management intentionally sets up their departments to be adversarial with the rest of the company. It is not unusual to get caught in the middle of an ego contest between two or more directors when you're just trying to do your job. Also, if you wind up in the Operations/Discovery/Engineering building, you're going to have a bad time. The reasons why have been stated numerous times: the owner. Walking between the buildings is like visiting two different companies.

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1.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits, pay, and amenities.

Cons

Having spent several years here in engineering, I feel like I've gained a solid, realistic perspective on how the company actually operates, which is why I want to share this feedback. When I first started, the environment was great. It was defined by strong teamwork, genuine excitement about building new things, and a real willingness to teach each other. Over time, though, it feels like we've really lost that culture. Once you've been here long enough to see past the initial honeymoon phase, a few troubling trends become really obvious: 1. Extreme management politics: Too often, it feels like leadership sets up departments to compete instead of collaborate. It's incredibly frustrating to get caught in the middle of political turf wars between managers when you're just trying to focus on your work and complete a project. 2. Blame instead of root-cause problem solving: As engineers, we are trained to look at the root cause of a failure to fix the system. Unfortunately, the culture here prioritizes finding a scapegoat over finding a solution. This has created an environment where people are genuinely afraid to flag technical issues or speak up about risks because they're worried about retaliation. 3. Deep departmental divides: There is a real issue here with cliques. Instead of working as one team to build a great product, departments treat each other like rivals.
You see it every day-Quality and Production don't get along, and Engineering and Planning are constantly at odds, which makes things very inefficient.

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