Former Employee - Senior Technical Consultant Lightning Bolt Solutions Employee Review

Work from home, good pay/benefits, comfortable work environment, incredible group of employees and managers

Career path is not yet well defined (but upper management is currently aware of and working to improve)

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.

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.