Terrible Corporate Culture - Community Associate Lyft Employee Review

3.0
12 Jan 2021
Recommend
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Pros

You get to meet some lovely drivers and they very obviously look for a certain kind of candidate when hiring so you'll probably get along pretty well with your coworkers.

Cons

You'll be forced to work overtime and then have your time card adjusted without your knowledge or consent because "we don't pay overtime here", HQ absolutely refuses to provide more headcount so you're forever understaffed, they've gone through two rounds of layoffs after promising there would be no layoffs, they are actively encouraging travel through a pandemic and refuse to listen to their "essential" employees forced to deal with the backlash first hand while they're sitting in their houses working from home. All while refusing to pay a livable salary to their field employees.

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5.0
21 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Meaningful projects. Good science community environment. Good work life balance.

Cons

Company's primary focus is still on ride-sharing business so stock price does not go up.

2.0
30 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Discovering parts of Las Vegas I wouldn't normally visit. Meeting nice people from all over the Valley and the world.

Cons

With the price of gas right now, my pay for using a mid-sized vehicle averaged out to $8 per hour (before taxes), even after 3 "bonuses." This is less than the Nevada minimum wage of $12. Regardless of what the app tells you, Lyft takes about 2/3 of the earnings for each ride, charging both for the rental and extra fees they claim have to do with the cost of car maintenance. Not sure why maintenance and everyday wear wouldn't be handled by Hertz as a normal part of their fleet ownership, as it would with any other rental. Indeed, if you're doing the Express Driver program, you have to take the car for service after getting a voucher from Hertz. On a different note, the number of riders with no picture or fake names is really high in Las Vegas compared to other places where I've driven. This issue has become a safety concern.

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