Strong team, transparent leadership, and a company willing to evolve - Anonymous employee Lilt Employee Review

4.0
4 May 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

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.

Cons

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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Lilt Response
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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5.0
28 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

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

Cons

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

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Lilt Response
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.
1.0
10 Dec 2025
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Pros

• The company is working on an interesting technical problem in the language space. • Some colleagues are very dedicated and talented.

Cons

• Toxic and Hostile Management: The leadership team fostered a culture of fear, hostility, and bullying. There was consistent use of inappropriate language, creating a deeply unsafe and discriminatory environment. Management routinely engaged in bullying tactics directed at staff. • Deceptive Time Off Policy: The "flexible time off" (FTO) policy is misleading. While advertised as flexible, management actively attempts to prevent employees from using it. There is an arbitrary and unwritten rule that management tries to enforce, claiming employees cannot take more than five consecutive days off, effectively defeating the purpose of a flexible policy and leading to employee burnout. • No Career Growth or Recognition: There is little to no room for genuine professional development or career advancement. The environment is one where talent, especially those with true language expertise, is not recognized. Instead, management focused on and rewarded only the teams that drove revenue, creating a toxic internal dynamic of "bullying by revenue" and sidelining crucial linguistic expertise. • Internal Communication/Collaboration: Teams are often pitted against each other, leading to poor cross-functional collaboration.

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