Prepare to burn out - Staff Software Engineer Lenovo Employee Review

3.0
14 Apr 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Very diverse workspace - Friendly people - Flexible work schedule (when you don't have meetings) - Lots of learning opportunities - Cool technologies used

Cons

- Workspace and parking sucks! If you arrive after 9AM and you work in building 7, prepare for a 10 minute walk (more fun when raining or snowing) - Working with mostly remote people in India, China, and Ukraine - No work-life balance (mainly because of the remote people) which makes working around the clock - Operating as waterfall but calling it scrum

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good place to work overall, kind people. Generally competent practitioners

Cons

Company is very slow to change. Executive leadership does not care about employee work-life balance at all. Was routinely expected to be on calls as early as 6AM and as late as midnight on the same day. When I raised concerns about sustainability, I was put on a PIP

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