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      4.0

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (334 total reviews)

      Zeev Farbman

      71% approve of CEO

      52% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.9

      Culture and values

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      Lightricks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 334 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lightricks 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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      334 reviews
      3.0
      3 Feb 2023

      Could have been a good place to work...

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, the ops team works hard to ensure everyone is happy and has a good environment to work in. Most people are very nice and friendly, the London office has an international environment.

      Cons

      Product strategy can lack logic and common sense at times. There is a lack of action - too much time is spent on meetings, in-person discussions, second-guessing ideas that simply need testing for data. At onboarding I spent a whole month on a bootcamp project (a hypothetical brief) that felt like university. Would have much rather getting straight into real work. The company is very behind with remote work policy - they no longer allow this at all which means international employees (many of us) can no longer travel abroad to see family. The Israel team is also very heavy on processes, and if these are questioned, the answer is: "This is what we've always done", or "We don't do that here". Decisions from C-levels are also non-negotiable, no matter how ineffective, this means PMs, designers and engineers end up overworking constantly without much impact... and they already foresee this but couldn't push back. Finally, in my own experience, management changed 3 times within less than a year. The first 2 managers were fine, but the third one was a micromanager who constantly checked on calendars and team members' workload. This person wasn't happy when someone in the team chose to have a slightly longer holiday during a special life event or to work from home to avoid commute, and clearly had no trust in the team and how each individual preferred to work. In many occasions when discussing issues with individual team members, this manager liked to bring a third person into the conversation to increase pressure, either directly or by name-dropping. This created unnecessary tensions among colleagues and was, imo, very unprofessional and political. This was a deal-breaker and led me to leave. Overall, this could have been a great company as there were great people there, great benefits, decent pay and a lot of effort coming from many teams to build great things. Unfortunately some leaders completely lacked leadership skills, and the ones who did know how to lead, ended up leaving anyway.

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      Lightricks Response
      3y
      Hi, thank you for taking the time to give us some feedback. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed our London office and benefits. Regarding what you mentioned about remote work, we believe we work best when we’re able to collaborate and meet in person. However, we do have a work from home policy that allows everyone to work from home two days per week to give our employees a bit of flexibility. We're sorry to hear that you didn't have a great experience with your direct manager. Moving forward, we are putting a lot of emphasis on learning and development, for everyone, but explicitly for managers, which is aimed at helping them improve their management styles. We take this type of feedback very seriously and want to ensure all team members feel well supported by their manager. If you have any additional feedback you’d like to share with us, please feel free to reach out to ltx-glassdoor@lightricks.com.
      1.0
      18 Oct 2022

      No vision

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      really nice office but far location

      Cons

      they can't control their money properly which has bad effect on employees

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      Lightricks Response
      3y
      Hi, thank you for your feedback. We're glad to hear you enjoyed our beautiful offices during your time here. As per money affecting employees, we bring in a 9 figure revenue, which we’re pretty proud of! Our teams continue to impress, as do our products. Creators around the world use Lightricks’ products to create unbelievable content and our employees know that they are the key to making this happen.
      2.0
      4 Sept 2024

      Very clever people, but ultimately a dispiriting place to work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - Very clever staff to learn from especially in development - Some interesting technologies in generative AI, if you are in that department - Good pay & benefits - CEO very knowledgeable about intricacies of AI technology

      Cons

      Company is exhausting to work for. Projects don't start with deadlines, they start with "to be released as soon as possible". Ie, no matter how quickly you complete it, it's already late. It's impossible to get ahead of any work and you will always be under pressure. To be fair, the pressure isn't explicit or extreme, but it is constant, and over time it becomes demotivating. You cannot do a 'good' job, or do anything extra because that will take more time. It's the bare-minimum MVP always. And anyway if you take the time to put an extra animation or user-friendly element in, it will not be noticed or appreciated. Tech department has some serious structural issues. Communication / negotiation is very poor, and it is not being managed by the upper management. There is a large backend but the company has no dedicated backend engineers, it is created by the researchers who are very clever but not experienced in creating sensible APIs for mobile use. The company refuses to have any QA on staff at all, relying on an external testing company who has limited domain knowledge. There is an intransigence in the management that is harming the company, a belief that the things that they know are correct and cannot be challenged. Absolutely they should be proud that they have built a successful company, but from there should be some awareness that they have also built that from very young, and have no experience in other working environments. There are stubborn beliefs that are not shared in any other company I've worked for. Upper management do not get stuck in to tackle problems, they prefer to sit back and maintain the status quo. Company feels cold. Recently there was a large round of redundancies, and it was delivered in a robotic way. Redundancy package was close to the legal minimum, and nowhere near the level that a big tech company would offer (even though the company is regularly thinking of itself as at that level). CEO and CTO did not speak or email to those laid off once, no contrition, no thanks for service, no apology that this had to be done, no goodbye.

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      Lightricks Response
      1y
      Thank you for sharing your experience at Lightricks. We're pleased to hear that you found the team to be a great source of learning, particularly in development, and that you appreciated the focus on innovative technologies like generative AI, along with the pay and benefits. We value your feedback on the structure and processes within the company. Insights like these help us as we strive to continuously improve and create a positive environment for our teams. If you have any further input, we’d welcome you to reach out to us at ltx-glassdoor@lightricks.com. Best of luck with your future endeavors!
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