Lessen reviews

2.2

23% would recommend to a friend

(180 total reviews)
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Jay McKee

26% approve of CEO

14% positive business outlook

Lessen has an employee rating of 2.2 out of 5 stars, based on 180 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Lessen employee rating is 41% below average for employers within the Real Estate industry (3.8 stars).

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180 reviews
2.0
Jun 25, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is good, you also get an iPad, and a touch screen flip over laptop … two operating systems that don’t work well with each other. They give you a truck with gas card…. You also get an allowance to buy swag so you have lessen labeled clothes…. But … all sounds great until you realize they actually can’t afford to continue offering all these goodies. They spend money like they have it only to lay off people to make up what “economic hardship “ comes their way .

Cons

Continue to call themselves a startup after almost 3 years. They still have no idea what services they want to offer . They expect you to know automatically how to navigate random apps and software that clients tell us to use right off the bat. No training is involved , and you are penalized if you do it incorrectly. In terms of communication, We were told to enter the same info for project updates into 3 or 4 different platforms , although Lessen had their own but has since laid off all previous IT and abandoned it . They are too afraid to stand up and tell clients - this is what we offer, here are our services, these are our best practices, etc. all focus has been merging with SMS which I believe is now taking over and lessen name will be no more. I’m predicting in a year or less, Lessen will be sold off and Jay will be off on another adventure.

1.0
Jun 24, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

-Great co-workers. Use to be a great company that care for their employees.

Cons

-Too many departments and managers and no one communicates. -Quarterly layoffs off employees that really work vs letting go of upper management that do nothing. -Untrustworthy company that only cares how they make the money…screwing over vendors and clients.

1.0
Jun 10, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

You will meet a couple down to earth coworkers.

Cons

The company is plagued by a corrupt culture and nepotism within upper management. There is a blatant disregard for transparency, fairness and integrity. Decision making is often arbitrary and driven by personal connections rather than merit. In an era where technology enables countless job functions to be performed remotely its disappointing to see a company opting to place its staff in dangerous situations (Downtown Chicago). The company’s compensation structure leaves much to be desired with low pay and a lack of opportunities for cAreer advancement. If you are contemplating joining this company, it is advisable to set a personal timeframe, learn all that you can, and leave around 2 years. They currently follow a hybrid schedule but are planning to transition to a full 5 day work week in the near future.

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