STAY AWAY! - Anonymous employee Lumenalta Employee Review

1.0
8 May 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working remotely was the only attractive thing about this company. They say "flexible environment," but really not the case considering they need you to work 9-5 EST only.

Cons

- The worst one...The CEO will be DOWN YOUR THROAT, watching your every move and stalking your calendar. If you don't respond to pings within a minute, expect a ??? where are you?. He will drain all of your energy from you. I would rather a commute to an office than deal with him.

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Lumenalta Response
8y
Sorry to hear you did not have the flexibility you expected. Clevertech requires that developers are available for 6 hours overlap with EST time zone. We also respect developer flow and have our own "flow" icon in slack so when a developer is attempting to get in flow the rest of the team knows to only interrupt if it important. Clevertech expect professional behavior from our developers and act professionally ourselves. This means we do not ask for time sheets, or any spy software on developer machines. On the other hand, we do expect that during the work hours we can communicate either on slack or a zoom call.

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Cons

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1.0
8 Jan 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

remote work, so can work schedule around school runs. However, even though they say you can work from anywhere, in practice it's very frowned upon by the new management.

Cons

- bought by private equity, whose partners have no clue about running tech companies, and they cut all the benefits that made the company good, and changed the company culture - it's no longer a place you feel valued and can grow in. - they run a round of lay-offs a week before bonuses go out, so they won't have to pay their top producing talent, whom they have already told would be receiving bonuses. - They are also a bit dishonest on compensation, you have to pay close attention to your paychecks to make sure they are correct. This isn't a new thing under Private Equity for them, either, they've always done it. - they have always been very cheap, and have always hired purely based on cost, not talent. This is why they were off-shoring pioneers, since 2000. It was very frustrating having to pass over amazing candidates for jobs who were asking very fair salaries in order to choose people who were not at all or barely qualified simply because they'd do the job for much less. - similar vein to hiring unqualified but cheap people, most of the C-suite and top-level management had little to none management experience before the Private Equity brought them in, so they manage their teams very poorly. - The only person with any say in the company is the president, nobody else can do anything without his blessing.

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Lumenalta Response
5mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We appreciate all feedback and take it seriously. Talent development and pay transparency are extremely important to us, and we continually review our practices to ensure we support our team in a fair, thoughtful, and consistent manner. We encourage open dialogue and welcome conversations with current or former team members who would like to share more context directly.
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