The owner is a narcissistic sociopath - Web Programmer Lightology Employee Review

1.0
5 Oct 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Occasionally they paid for lunch, lolol.

Cons

I worked here several years ago. The CEO is bonkers, and one of my coworkers in marketing was tasked with writing fake positive Yelp reviews, so I have no doubt all the 5 star reviews here that gush over the owner, Greg Kay, are also fake. He was a narcissist with (I'm pretty sure) a severe pill addiction who liked to come into the middle of the office to have screaming tantrums at workers at random. The whole place had a feel of grim acceptance, and an insanely high turnover rate among saner new hires. Pay and benefits were crap, and I finally left when the already bad health insurance premium doubled (quotes from HR: "because you all have so many health problems" and "because Obamacare") and the company strongly suggested everyone get marketplace health insurance (through Obamacare?) because they were no longer going to contribute more than 40%. Honestly it was a convenient excuse for me to leave a really bad situation. I'm really surprised the place is still, or ever even was, in business.

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5.0
30 Apr 2025
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Pros

Remotely working from home is ideal

Cons

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2.0
2 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Opportunities to work remotely. Somewhat flexible with scheduling needs. Alright benefits

Cons

Short sighted, perplexing decision making from upper management, especially the CEO. Undoubtedly prioritizes profits over people in every step of the process. Training is lacking and you will have to figure out a lot for yourself, god help you if you're newer because anyone who is experienced enough to train either doesn't have the time to help you or is gone. There used to be a lot of healthy movement within the company, but lately outside hiring seems to be preferred by upper management. This ends up slowing down everything because again, there's no proper training. Nobody who should know what they're doing knows what they're doing, leaving the entry level roles to handle a lot of cleanup. Very strict metrics for what counts as success, Bonuses are implied to be a possibility but have not been given for years now due to the rising standards for what is necessary to get them. Your productivity and activity are closely monitored and taken out of context. Regardless of your job knowledge and skills, you will not be rewarded in any way for hard work. The pay increase has slowed drastically over the past few years and is not nearly enough for what's expected of you. In 2026 almost every person in the company was given the same dismal raise amount, regardless of performance or merit. Especially bizarre that people are not paid more since people are let go left and right and plenty leave due to a frustrating, limiting environment.

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