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LightRiver Technologies

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Overworked. Underpaid. Underappreciated. - Field Engineer LightRiver Technologies Employee Review

1.0
18 June 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of smart people working here who want to do good work.

Cons

Really bad management. You're expected to be an expert in every optical technology but not given any time to learn or practice since time is money and you are only useful when you are not in the office. You have to be away from home 3-4 weeks in a row, and when you're on deployment there is no clear cut sheet of work to complete. Most work days in the field last 12-14 hours long. By the time we're done we are all exhausted then get yelled at for making mistakes but we weren't given enough time to do work clean in the first place. Managers waste time telling us what we're all doing wrong but never really train or tell us how to do things the right way. We're expected to just "know" why every deployment is different but nothing is written down.

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5.0
8 Nov 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Travel is amazing if you want to be on the road majority of the time

Cons

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4.0
13 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Able to wear multiple hats and gain lots of experience - Interesting industry and product - Everyone gets to become an expert in something - Decent work/life balance - Great benefits - Opportunity to work with folks with incredible experience

Cons

- 30-year old Legacy C codebase, which is very disorganized (but is also an interesting challenge) - Lack of code reviews until very recently - Unprofessional environment

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