Lyft is a good company but can be a great company. - Critical Response Associate Lyft Employee Review

2.0
3 Oct 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits, free credits, and genuine co-workers

Cons

Lyft is excellent at marketing opportunity and growth, but depending on who you are and what position you have at Lyft there is no growth. They give you development time as an associate to learn new skills but if you don't have some experience in the field you're interested in you won't get the position. People in management don't want to take the time to train. Also, management is great at listening to your concerns but are not great at fixing the problem. There is a lot of sucking up to do in the company if you want to get somewhere. Although Lyft focus is diversity, there are still biases when it comes to ethnicity and race at Lyft, people of color are getting hired at a reasonable rate but are also leaving at the same rate. Why is that? And, it takes longer for people of color to get promoted at the company.

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5.0
21 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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