Dying and Never Recovering - Product Manager Lyft Employee Review

2.0
7 Jan 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some really nice coworkers who genuinely tries to maintain the original Lyft culture it once was. I would say lunch, but they've been cutting back ALOT on budget for food and perks. For example, no holiday parties.

Cons

New executives brought in in hopes to reinventing rideshare to be more than it is, but honestly have not gone anyway since Lyft Line was created a few years ago. Constantly trying to push the wrong agendas such as not focusing on having a strong differentiating strategy or rather some weird gimmick like adding paper bags in rides for people to throw up in. Lack of creative ideas, tons of layoffs because new executives blame old teams for their problems. When more time passes, I swear these new executives and top management will jump ship after destroying everything that Lyft was before. Good luck with the new IPO, peers are now praying someone buys Lyft out.

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5.0
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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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