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Avoid Danger !! - VC money is almost gone - Anonymous employee Lucid Employee Review

1.0
23 July 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The space they are serving is underserved by existing companies.

Cons

Look elsewhere for sales job, their product is impossible to sell, most companies have no or little justification for fancy energy kiosks - they will spend their money on IT infrastructure well before spending money on a non-critical pretty graphical interface to see when we have to turn off lights. And they have nothing patentable, so there is no barrier of entry for larger companies to emulate what they are doing with broader market appeal. The engineers seem to be the 'B' and 'C' players that could not get on at Google or Apple which always concerned me, I heard from many of them the pay was low for what they did. Super disorganized, management is run by 'kids' with no experience running real companies. You may be hired and fired within months if you say or do the wrong thing. VC money is a problem, they have a massive burn rate and will run out soon. Honestly look elsewhere if looking for a job in Bay Area, the location is also in high crime rate Oakland with dilapidated area, again you can find better paying ops Highly unfocused in their approach to bringing on good people and mentoring them. They have zero patience in providing any help, because they have this year to make it or not. Very 'clicky' groups of people, it feels like you are in high school, if you are over the age of 30 you will feel like a dinosaur.

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