Excellent to lose your health and sanity
Excellent to lose your health and sanity
Most people are friendly, and the offices are generally clean. However, the dark colors of the walls and floor are not very joyful. Pay can be good, but this is very relative, especially if your overall health is compromised.
Lucid is a Tesla 2.0 but lacks in success and effectiveness. There is an ongoing conflict of egos between the CEO of Lucid and the CEO of Tesla, which is clearly apparent. Also, Lucid is not innovating that much; it was doing some product improvements at the early stage of the company.
Organizational Culture - The company operates with archaic practices, similar to a decades-old corporate environment, but still wants to appear as a tech company, which it is not. Think of it as an old-school car company in a fancy suit. The workplace culture is toxic, characterized by disrespectful behavior, including bullying, harassment, insults, gossiping, gaslighting, and discrimination. Negative behaviors are not addressed and, in some cases, encouraged by certain managers. Employees suffer retaliation when issues are raised, with HR helping in the process by feeding the person(s) with improper behavior. It's worth noting layoffs are now regular practices, and you could be laid off for any given reason, including if you are having a life-changing event (newborn, illness, or accident).
Management Practices - Favoritism and nepotism are prevalent, with individuals who contribute minimally—if not giving their work to others—but engage in extensive networking with directors and managers to be promoted. The work environment is marked by excessive hours, including weekends, with ridiculous standard office hours set from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Micromanagement is commonplace. Leadership is insecure and indecisive, contributing to a lack of organizational structure: the Execs want Lucid to remain a start-up, which it no longer is.
Employee Recognition and Development - There is no recognition or reward for employee contributions—unless you are buddy-buddy with your boss—beyond occasional social events (pizza and beer). The company as a whole is reluctant to learn or improve. There are no lessons learned, no onboarding, and no training provided. The "success" is due to past achievements of employees who left rather than ongoing efforts of newly replacing hires.
Overall, if you think of yourself as a true professional with knowledge, critical thinking, ethics, and integrity, Lucid is not a place for you. If you are a rude, lazy, impolite, stubborn, disrespectful, crowd-pleaser, corporate climbing ladder person, Lucid is the perfect place.
No need to provide any advice here, as the company is not listening to the people who work there.
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I applied back in late October 2018 and didn't receive contact until 2019. There were three rounds of technical phone interviews with one team member, one manager, and one VP. I actually found the VP's phone call to be eccentric and empty; he asked m
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Phone interview and onsite interview. The phone interview was great and the manager from the group who interviewed me was nice. The onsite interview was not a pleasant experience as HR did not give me the right address to the onsite that has the rec
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Recruiter expects to extend an offer within a month. The process involved four separate interviews. It was a long process with many people to convince. I basically had an interview a week with Lucid, and the panel interview was about 2.5 hours long.
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Newark, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2019I applied back in late October 2018 and didn't receive contact until 2019. There were three rounds of technical phone interviews with one team member, one manager, and one VP. I actually found the VP's phone call to be eccentric and empty; he asked m
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Newark, California, United StatesOctober 4, 2018Phone interview and onsite interview. The phone interview was great and the manager from the group who interviewed me was nice. The onsite interview was not a pleasant experience as HR did not give me the right address to the onsite that has the rec
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United StatesSeptember 20, 2025Recruiter expects to extend an offer within a month. The process involved four separate interviews. It was a long process with many people to convince. I basically had an interview a week with Lucid, and the panel interview was about 2.5 hours long.
