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Lightning AI

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Lightning AI reviews

4.0

67% would recommend to a friend

(47 total reviews)
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William Falcon

67% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.1

Career opportunities

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.4

Senior management

Lightning AI has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 47 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lightning AI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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47 reviews
1.0
Dec 10, 2022

Toxic Culture

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
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Pros

- pytorch-lightning the open source framework. -

Cons

Work culture is really toxic. Product managers are clueless. If you have an offer just be prepared to be either let go or burned out if things do not work out.

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Lightning AI Response
2y
First and foremost, we truly wish you had a better experience working at Lightning AI. We value your feedback and know that working at an early-stage startup has ups and downs. Since this review, we’ve put significant time, effort, and energy into ensuring cross-team alignment and building a positive, productive culture that we can all be proud of. We are glad you were part of our company and had a positive experience working on the open source side, which is exactly where our journey began. If you would like to share more feedback and details on your time at the company, please reach out to us. Thank you for taking the time to share this with us and best of luck to you in the future.
1.0
Nov 20, 2022

Toxic work culture, incompetent exec team

Senior software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you are on the open source team, you contributions are visible to the public and their open source library does have a following in the community

Cons

They recently rebranded from Grid AI, so read the reviews on the previous company page on glassdoor as well. - The exec team/upper management seems to have no idea about product direction or how to monetize it and they keep firing people. - What I heard from the people who have been with the company long enough, they have fired like 40-50 people in the past 2 years. - If you join, consider this more as an internship rather than a full-time position, because your employment with the company will probably be less than a year. - The exec team/upper management micromanages and you can't disagree with them on anything. - Deadlines set by the managers are ridiculous and they don't seem to have realistic ideas/time-lines/standards about product development. - Saying things move at a fast-pace in a startup and its not for everyone is just a cover up for super toxic work culture. - Lots of burned out employees at the company. - People who are let go seem to be relieved and happy. - Also, people who are let go are made to sign some ridiculous non-compete where they can't work at literally any other company that does machine learning or ML-ops.

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Lightning AI Response
2y
We would not be where we are today without the contributions of all of the team members who have worked at Lightning AI. You gave your time, expertise, and passion to help build our company, and we thank you for that. Late last year, we decided to centralize our teams around our NYC, Palo Alto, and London hubs to address and improve many of the issues you mentioned, especially regarding folks burning out from having to work around the clock just to collaborate with their teammates. While it was a tough decision to make, it’s one that has positively impacted every aspect of our company, from work-life balance and collaboration to product development and project management. We continue to grow and evolve with your feedback in mind. We thank you for sharing and wish you all the best in your journey.
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