Lighthouse reviews

3.1

44% would recommend to a friend

(61 total reviews)
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Ron Markezich

44% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

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2.0
Jul 8, 2015

Overworked and underpaid

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Pros

Fairly capable and intelligent coworkers, forward thinking company, great CEO, lots of free snacks/drinks, nice work space, central-ish downtown location.

Cons

Long hours, low compensation, poor communication and knowledge sharing, terrible documentation/process management system, shabby benefits package, stressful industry, oftentimes icky clients.

4.0
Jan 18, 2015

One of better ediscovery employers

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Pros

Excellent job of providing internal paths for career development as evidenced by the numerous lateral and diagonal transfers across departments. "Attributes" list--Lighthouse follows through in virtually every phase (interview, evaluations, development and performance) to emphasize the attributes. Culture--Lighthouse has created a fairly ideal mix of innovation, change and collaboration in the environment so that each department and most employees feel empowered to drive meaningful change in the company. Opportunities--company success is generating significant vertical and horizontal growth opportunities for existing employees and our clients seem to really value us which may be the single most unique thing about our company. People--most are willing to help each other, regardless of position or seniority. Office politics have been non-existent. Overall--Lighthouse is one of the best ediscovery companies to work for and is far better than the other ediscovery service providers I have worked for.

Cons

Work/life balance--a challenge, but that seems to be the story across the U.S. and regardless of industry. The people in charge (execs and directors in our company) fail to recognize that the expectations they are setting too often require more than a proper work week (45-50 hours should be sufficient). Utilization requirements--forces salary teams to work way beyond acceptable hours if they are going to contribute to innovation, change or other non-billable activities. Benefits--on par, at best, with smaller ediscovery companies and seem a bit out of alignment with the internal stated desire to be the "best" in everything else.

1.0
Jul 17, 2014
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Pros

There aren't a lot of pros for this place.

Cons

When you get a job here, you're offered starting pay that is not competitive (despite the fact that they say it is), and you're instructed not to talk about your salary with your coworkers or you *will* get fired. That's because Lighthouse does not like to follow the rules. This company has a long history of shady business, poor human resources division, and nepotism (hiring friends over people who are qualified). The environment here is toxic and the turn-over rate is high because they either burn you out (they told me if I wasn't working a 60-hour week I wasn't pulling my weight), or pin the blame on a client-facing mistake on you and fire you so the board of directors is satisfied. They don't have a single shred of ethics. DO NOT WORK HERE IF YOU VALUE YOUR EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.

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