Lenovo reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(3,553 total reviews)
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Yang Yuanqing

86% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Lenovo has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,553 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lenovo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Jun 8, 2018

Nice people, no direction

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It's a comfortable job, good benefits, nice place to "just have a job."

Cons

No direction from upper management, huge focus on internal politics and feel-good instead of setting real strategy and direction.

5.0
May 13, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The review title refers to a phrase I used to hear from time to time at Lenovo, used to describe the experience of working there. There is a lot of energy at Lenovo and a focus on the future. It's a young company and makes big moves. It moves quickly In this sense, it's like a startup. It's also a large, international company. This can obviously help the more nimble startup culture by providing capital and infrastructure, but it hindered Lenovo sometimes too, via bureaucracy and commitments to legacy systems. Lenovo's employees are warm and helpful. They are smart and most care about the company in a real way. I worked with many professionals whom I respect and that is one of the best parts of working there. In sales, one had considerable leeway to run things in one's territory as one saw fit. Management was open to new ideas and I implemented some of my own. Some failed, some succeeded; the openness to new ideas is a testament to Lenovo's culture. I am grateful to Lenovo and for the time I worked there. My experience there is defined by the fact that I didn't have extensive work history at the time of my hire; and working at Lenovo was my first experience working for a large corporation. Lenovo hired me soon after I graduated college and was open to taking a chance, which I'll never forget. I adapted well to the life of working at a large company. If you've worked at other companies and/or are coming in with a long resume, your mileage may vary. Lenovo is a great place to work that does have challenges; I would work there again if the right opportunity came along.

Cons

I did work through a contracting agency before being hired on full time. I was paid well and treated well. There was tension among people who got hired from the contractors' pool and as a contractor you weren't eligible to certain things like sales contests. I was treated as a member of the team and valued. There were just some annoying limits of being a contractor. Lenovo consistently paid a little bit less across most jobs where I learned the salary against the industry. Pay can be a touchy subject for management but the fact is that not only was I miffed about my own pay towards the end of my stint; but competent, creative and innovative coworkers consistently left to take higher-paying jobs elsewhere. Speaking strictly regarding my time there there were manufacturing delays that put our shipping times well behind industry average. This was around the IBM x86 acquisition and year after it. It went on a long time. Global technology supply chains are incredibly complex. However, I think that considering that we faced serious problems for well over a year to the point that large sales were canceled and returned combined with the fact that Lenovo had many people whose expertise was global supply chains working on supply chains they themselves built, I think it's appropriate to criticize poor performance here. This was a political issue in my time. I have only my own observation that it was ongoing for a very long time and rumors I heard that certain senior managers were intransigent to change. Some had to be forged out to fix the problem, but this took a long time. I hope this has changed.

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Lenovo Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. We are always glad to hear from our former employees that they had a positive experience in an environment that encourages entrepreneurism and ownership because this is how we envision our culture to be. Part of empowering our employees to own what they do is having a management that listens. As we continue to grow and move upwards, we will keep investing in our people, who drive our success in delivering innovative products to our customers. Thank you again for your valuable insights in this review!
3.0
Jan 29, 2018

Large Company with Little Culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Everyone is young, so you can easily meet people if you're new to a city. Several entry-level positions. Great first job. Great benefits for a full-time employees.

Cons

Little room for growth. Company politics play a major role in day-to-day life.

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Lenovo Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback and service with the company. At Lenovo, we always want our employees to experience a positive and engaging working culture. Internal opportunities for growth and development play a key role in the success and well-being of our employees and we welcome your feedback on how to improve in those areas. Thank you again for your review.
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