Lytro reviews

Many, including many that work at Lytro, describe the company as a photography company ran by engineers. Lytro makes a product that has received little to no input from photographers who actually use the product. The company knows that it needs to hire them and they try to, but once they're on staff their opinions are ridiculed and scoffed at as though they have no clue what the market wants. One director with a lot of say runs a team where everything is priority number 1 and leaves no work/life balance. Never-ending 80-90 hour weeks are typical all the while this director takes cross country flights disguised as business but are intended as pleasure. The communication to employees is very poor and staff is expected to read middle-management's mind when they are often absent and unreachable via email. Once decisions are made that don't align with an ever-changing visions, employees are left to suffer the blame. This toxic environment is well-known to the board and CEO, but despite continued complaints and numerous "probation periods" nothing is done to fix it.

Too much work for too few people. Top management is more concerned with their investors than their employees. Top management has a habit of lying to their employees and prospective employees to keep you in the dark about the true reality of their business, so you'll keep working. Working at Lytro destroyed my life. Literally.