Penny Wise, Pound Foolish - Software Engineer Lenovo Employee Review

1.0
Jan 30, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Job security, okay benefits, get to work from home

Cons

The culture is China-centric. Chinese employees get better bonuses than US employees. Promotions don't happen. The company expects you to put Lenovo before your personal life -- one of their mottos is "Prioritize the Company." They layed off essential employees and "replaced" them with less competent Chinese employees. You can't get promoted because upper management won't let our immediate management backfill any vacated jobs. Somehow upper management can find the money to hire more upper management. As if that isn't enough, the office is noisy (due to construction outside and above us), has very little privacy, and almost no parking. We don't have a cafeteria or gym in our building the way Morrisville does, and we're treated as unimportant by upper management. We hear about things done for Morrisville employees, but we're treated like upper management doesn't want anyone to know we (or our products) exist. The company won't even put its name on the building!

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