It's an auto-manufacturing company... not a tech company w/ tech culture - Anonymous employee Lucid Motors Employee Review

2.0
Sep 8, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Great med/dental/vision benefits -Intelligent, hard-working people -Good pay (not the highest, but good for a "start-up")

Cons

-Heavy micromanagement: Old-school, dry, micro-managers (many from previous car companies) are put in place, and it unfortunately it blocks any autonomy, creativity, and trust. -Automotive culture, not "tech culture' you'd normally find in Silicon Valley: It's important to keep in mind that this is an auto-manufacturing company.. not a tech company. You will not find that cool, laid-back, creative, social culture here. There are many tasks, deadlines, and deliverables, and you are reminded of that MULTIPLE times a week. -Meeting frenzy: 70% meetings, 30% time to get work done. (Probably 10% of that meeting time is actually productive. 0% is fun.) -No matching 401k -Limited PTO which accrues slowly during your first year. -Free food only on day 1.

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2.0
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Pros

High pay, good benefits, fully paid parental leave (8 weeks)

Cons

Dishonesty in hiring process and inconsistent schedule: I was told I would be working 4pm to 1AM five days a week, somewhat manageable with a family. They switched my schedule immediately after hiring (before even going to shift) to 5pm to 5Am, then 6pm to 2:30am, then 6pm to 5 am, then back to 5pm to 5am. I never actually worked the schedule they said I would, which really messed up my home life. On top of this, they will expect you to work Saturdays and sometimes sundays on short notice, sometimes on a Friday you’ll find out that you’re working on the weekend, full shifts, 12 hours. The work itself? I felt completely unchallenged. My title was maintenance technician, but I can’t actually think of much real maintenance we did. Recovery technician would be a more accurate job title, and it was dull. I came from a very technical background, expecting very technical work at Lucid, but it ended up being mostly resetting sensors and resetting FANUC robots, then resuming the line. The work culture sucks. Night shift was brutal, the managers (one especially) try very hard to please their superiors at the cost of their relationship with technicians. You will have “one on one” interviews every month where it’s actually two managers interrogating you and letting you know about some vague training plan they have for you, for some of the most menial tasks I’ve ever done in a decade of manufacturing.

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