Lifesize Reviews

3.3

56% would recommend to a friend

(220 total reviews)

Trent Waterhouse

55% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Lifesize has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 220 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lifesize 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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220 reviews
1.0
1 Mar 2017

No future

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Perks: The company has great perks. Very generous PTO, great health insurance and good dental vision. - Work/Life Balance: Most people leave the office at a very normal hour and you aren't expected to work until 8/9 pm. - WFH: Depending on your boss, most people are allowed to WFH regularly which is a nice benefit (and good cause it helps you test out our product regularly) - People: Most of the people are good to work with. Some teams are more cohesive and collaborative than others though

Cons

- Management: The team is lost on what to do with the company. From lack of clear strategy to constant change in management, there is a lot of chaos and no direction - Competition: With companies like Zoom, BlueJeans, Google, Skype and Slack all moving into the space, there is no hope for the cloud/app side. The hardware seems to be the main focus now - Innovation: There is no innovation. Just constantly catching up to the competitors that are years ahead - Constant layoffs: The company has had multiple rounds of large-scale layoffs over the years and teams are constantly reshuffled. There is little stability in who you work with sometimes. - Mentorship: There is none at the company. If you are looking to learn and grow, don't go to Lifesize

2.0
20 Apr 2020

Zero Direction, Boys Club

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some really intelligent and talented people work at Lifesize, unfortunately once they see the writing on the wall, they leave. Benefits were good and the work from home policy/family friendly office was nice. I actually really liked the product when bugs/features were being worked on, could be great.

Cons

The executive team has no clear vision of how to be truly successful, nor do they have a clue how any of their departments actually run. Goals change weekly. You could spend 3 weeks on a "Top Priority" project, only to have the entire direction change and all of that work wasted. Lifesize is the most silo'd company I've ever seen. The communication is absolutely terrible. If any employee steps up to try and fix issues, they're ignored or worse, reprimanded. Some pretty terrible sexism is happening and even though half the HR team are women, they are only there to protect the execs (all men). While the product could be truly wonderful and they could have top talent, leadership chases them away or stifles, because of far too many ego's at the top.

1.0
27 Jan 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good health insurance. and they will get you breakfast tacos.

Cons

The CEO is an angry man who creates a toxic work environment from the top down. This creates a terrible and sexist work environment. These men are total pigs

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Lifesize Response
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We regret to learn that your experience at Lifesize was not more pleasant and are extremely disappointed to read your feedback. We are an equal opportunity employer and expect all of our employees to behave in a professional, and courteous manner. We welcome the opportunity to talk with you further and ask that you reach out to us at HRhelp@lifesize.com.
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