Lenovo reviews

Corruption and funding a government that systematically imprisons and censors political dissidents. A department received an HR award for assisting provincial police departments in China with surveillance software used against its citizens. Racism against non-chinese employees of all races and nationalities. Management has an inflated sense of self-worth with no consideration for many employees. Constant talk of opportunity for growth but none ever materialize. Double speak, political games and back stabbing. Complete ineptitude at technical disciplines within the marketing field. Absolutely no hard analysis of marketing data to direct strategy for company. We would just "do stuff because it seemed cool" to our leadership (who had no hard skills and simply talked in vague business speak). Complete disregard for hard work, while suck-ups benefitted. Real condescending, snake-in-the-grass management. I was punished for doing real work and drawing attention to weaknesses at the company. I was never paid in parity with my coworkers. Management kept holding out the possibilities of raises and promotions for almost 3 years only to go back on their word or say "I never said that."

Silos Possibly with good reason initially, Lenovo let each brand and Geo more or less run things the way they wanted to. This makes some sense during acquisitions or expanding product lines, but eventually needs to centralize again on things like standard services to customers, which software and systems are in use globally (except for China; literally worldwide = worldwide - China for various initiatives, policies, standards). Often you would find different groups effectively "competing" against each other with similar initiatives, or with unclear expectations as each brand believes they are "priority one," or will go off to build another silo'd solution (why would anyone EVER fund such things?) while Sr. Mgmt. doesn't produce a top-down cohesive plan or vision - compounding this sort of issue further, costing money and time, and diluting customer experience along with internal effectiveness. Reliance on IBM at any cost IBM obviously had the better lawyers in various agreements, to the point they make it nearly as expensive, or moreso, to move away from many long standing agreements with them. Everyone knows the high relative costs there, but when new initiatives come up not covered by existing IBM agreements, inevitably some will try to push IBM as a solution provider, instead of looking into more cost effective and efficient options. The reliance on IBM increases Lenovo's cost of doing business, which they decide to counter via random layoffs vs. smart business. You also might be wise to point out the obvious inconsistencies and costs of partnering w/IBM, depending who you may be speaking with. Work/life balance We get it, we're a global company, but there are ways to schedule meetings that limit the recurring evening (US time) meetings to 1-2 nights/week, instead dog perpetual ad-hoc until you realize you have several hours of meetings every night of the week, on top of your normal work days. Management This may well have some dependency on where you work, and for whom. Some Directors are solid, along with some Executive Directors, but often there's a never-ending cycle of "emergencies" that really aren't, often times created by some managing upwards/brown-nosing far more than considering team capacity, dwindling levels of motivation, or in some cases, putting personal "achievements" and reputation over the best interests of the company and team. Throw in random initiatives that shouldn't exist at all coming in from China or other groups, and the possibility for chaos is fairly high until upper management sets a solid top-down vision and clear responsibilities across the company, IT and other teams.