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Lightning Bolt Solutions reviews

3.1

39% would recommend to a friend

(25 total reviews)
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Guillaume Castel

24% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.1

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Culture & values

2.7

Senior management

2.7

Career opportunities

2.1

Diversity & inclusion

Lightning Bolt Solutions has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 25 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lightning Bolt Solutions 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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25 reviews
1.0
Oct 4, 2017

Indefinitely stuck in "Start-Up" mode

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great work/life balance, get to work from home every Tuesday & Thursday. Newly remolded office with lots of space to work silently or as a team. The incredibly smart team, always willing to answer any questions you may have. Fully stocked kitchen; one side of the office is dedicated to leisure (ping pong, huge projection screen, basketball hoop, fully stocked bar (albeit with bottom-shelf liquor), in-house gym). Opportunities to give your own input and be creative with projects.

Cons

Very lax work from home policy made it nearly impossible to collaborate with crucial team members as they literally never came into the office. (Even on days that are not "work from home") Training is a joke, you essentially train yourself. Compensation & benefits are abysmal, especially for the SF Bay Area. Very cliquey work environment, if you don't fit in right away you are ostracized. Several employees are given preferential treatment, they literally have a say in every aspect of the company within all departments. Micromanagement is the norm at Lightning Bolt, it kills all motivation/momentum. Very little appreciation is shown from management or senior team members. Absolutely no room for career growth or development. Dead-end positions at a dead-end organization. Lightning Bolt has been in "start-up" mode for the past 15 years and doesn't seem like it will take off anytime soon.

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Lightning Bolt Solutions Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to write a review. We are sorry that your experience is not in alignment with what we strive for our culture and employee experience to be. In order to understand your perspective, I'd like to speak with you directly, please feel free to reach out to me. kim@lightningbolt.com
5.0
Dec 29, 2014

Start-up health care software company starting to hit it's stride

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great work environment and colleagues. The entire company works from home Tuesdays and Thursdays! Rewarding work in health care and exciting company expansion is underway and doesn't look to be slowing down.

Cons

There is limited room for promotion/growth and lots of qualified employees

2.0
Dec 1, 2021

Don’t do it, job seekers! Beware!

Consultant
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Pros

Remote and nice peer coworkers

Cons

Where do I even start? After a weird interview process full of strange logic puzzles (hey, I was desperate for a job), I was hired as a consultant. From the beginning this company was full of red flags. Some of the highlights: Toxic work culture that normalizes working and being available at any hour (including rotating taking 24/7 call weeks, with no additional compensation), really bad management (I.e 25 year old managers with no management experience), unclearly defined work duties and structure of the organization, really bad benefits and low pay, getting promoted is as difficult and random as designing a spaceship while painting the Mona Lisa and singing opera simultaneously. In conclusion, working at LB was worse than playing leap frog with a unicorn.

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