Imation reviews

The company is in shutdown mode. If you are looking for a long-term career DO NOT work here. Layoffs are happening every month, and people who haven't been cut are actively looking for employment elsewhere.

The company made its mark with businesses that no longer relevant, such as recordable CDs, TDK boomboxes, flash drives, etc. Unfortunately for the company those market (if they are even relevant) are commodity markets, which aren't driven by quality or features, and price points and margins have dropped dramatically. This has led to the current situation where there are good people who had past success, but they are now needing to reinvent themselves. So the company is caught between investing in dying businesses that still bring in some $$$, and gambling on buying existing business that are having moderate success, and hoping they can ramp that moderate success into massive success. I am reminded of Hugh Grant's character in the movie "Music and Lyrics". Which may sound sad, but the film did have a happy ending, so perhaps the team at Imation will have another hit.