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      1,0
      30 ago 2022
      Senior software engineer
      Consiglia
      Gradimento del CEO
      Pronostico commerciale

      Vantaggi

      coworkers are really cool. That is about it.

      Svantaggi

      Oh well, it started very well a couple years ago. Lots of cool features to work on since we started rewriting a bunch of legacy code to React and we had liberty to choose the tech stack among the teams. Fast forward to this year, product department is a mess. Several product owners left the company and they haven't been replaced with people at their same level. There were teams with no features planned for a whole month because their product owner left the company. No clear roadmap of an end goal, no cool features to work on. Lilt announced they have allocated an amount of stock options to give out as performance bonuses. Imagine working a lot, going the extra mile and getting rewarded with stock options that are actually worthless since the company is not even public. And you still have to vest your bonus over time! Is not like you actually get them vested straight away. I guess is very easy to reward people with fake money, performance bonuses should be rewarded with real cash since this is for people that thanks to their effort they improve the company. We had been remote for 2 years because of COVID, the company had its best years and now they forcing us in going back to the office. Can't forget when a coworker asked the CEO if he could bring his dog to the office and his response was: "Well, we are running a business here, not a zoo". Another thing you need to think before joining is that Lilt currently works with the US government. Teams are not even told which agency from the government asked for X feature. They don't tell you the motivation behind the feature, and only get told: we need to build this because government needs it. Either way one of the developers that left the company a while ago, found out one of the clients is a highly controversial agency and quit the company because of it. Past months have been super stale in terms of features, barely anything cool or exciting to work on. Feels dreadful waking up every day and have nothing exciting or interesting to work on. Also just for transparency sake, if you do end up applying as a senior software engineeer. You can start asking from 85kEur/year, less than that and you will start earning less than your peers. If you are staff you can ask over 95kEur/year.

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      Risposta di Lilt
      3y
      Thank you for your response. It is publicly known that we work with the Government, however, based on the Government's own confidential policy we are legally bound to not provide further details. We appreciate all that our team members have done during the office shutdowns (and beyond). We have always been transparent that we would be returning to the office, creating a Hybrid culture, and based on employee feedback, we reopened our offices (once safe to do so) to have everyone come in at least one day per week to foster collaboration across different teams in the company. Towards that end, we organize fun activities, like board games, outings, summer parties, yoga events, lunches, etc. Being a global, start-up company focused on hyper-growth, we re-evaluate our salary bands semi-annually through solid, paid-for market data. We invite you to reach out to the People Operations team to provide constructive and tangible feedback to help us with improving and continue our growth journey together.

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      5,0
      28 apr 2026
      Dipendente anonimo
      Consiglia
      Gradimento del CEO
      Pronostico commerciale

      Vantaggi

      - team players, easy to find support when needed - one of the best internal tech stacks I’ve used - the $$

      Svantaggi

      - no coffee until 8am - expensive parking near office - no SKO

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      Risposta di Lilt
      1mo
      Love this. The internal tech stack getting a shoutout is especially fun to hear, our engineering and research teams put a lot into it. Noted on the coffee situation and the parking, both very real. As for SKO, it's something we've talked about internally and hope to bring back when the timing is right. Thanks for being part of the team.
      4,0
      4 mag 2026
      Dipendente anonimo
      Consiglia
      Gradimento del CEO
      Pronostico commerciale

      Vantaggi

      The people on my team are the best part of this job. They're sharp, deeply committed, and willing to run at hard problems without being asked twice. Leadership has earned my trust by being honest about what's working and what isn't, and by owning their decisions when things don't land the way they hoped. The CEO is not perfect, but is open to feedback and visibly tries to grow, which I respect more than polish. The company recently took a hard look at pay and made meaningful adjustments, which sent a real signal to my team that they're valued. There's also a clear push to take smart risks and keep building forward, especially around agentic AI, and that energy is contagious when you're leading people through change.

      Svantaggi

      The recent right sizing was painful. The teams that remain are sharper and more focused, but I watched good people leave, and that weight stays with you as a manager. Work life balance is treated like a topic we don't talk about, and I see the cost of that in my own team. People do their best thinking when they're rested, and right now the unspoken expectation is to always be on. Benefits sit at average or slightly below where they should be for a company asking this much of its people, and that gap is something my team notices.

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      Risposta di Lilt
      1mo
      What stands out in this review is that the same teams absorbing hard change are also the ones running closest to empty. You're right that rest hasn't been something we've made enough room to talk about, and the signal from the top hasn't matched what we'd want for our people. Your advice on rest and celebration goes together for us, because both come back to whether the work feels sustainable and worth it. Benefits are part of that same picture, and somewhere we know we have ground to cover. Thank you for leading through a hard stretch with this much care.
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