Engineer - Engineer Lenovo Employee Review

1.0
Nov 3, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Beat starving - but not by a lot

Cons

IBM x86 sold Business Unit to Lenovo for purpose of closing down Ottawa office (announced spring 2015, executed fall 2015). 30+ employees affected. Work transferred to Taiwan. Lenovo did not love us long time.

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Lenovo Response
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It is hard to hear negative feedback associated with reductions that were difficult to make. We certainly wish you and everyone negatively affected all the very best. Thanks for the feedback.

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1.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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