Worst place I’ve worked at!! - Program Manager Lucid Motors Employee Review

1.0
14 Aug 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None except that the car is good

Cons

Toxic work environment due to a clueless power hungry leadership. It feels like working on a Game of Thrones episode. They think that trying to be a wannabe Tesla will make them successful. The engineering team is super arrogant and unhelpful. They operate like a country club with a handful of early employees going about their own merry ways without any accountability or answerability. Salary not in line with average Bay Area total compensation.

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