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Lexmark International

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Not on the 'IN' crowd - Anonymous employee Lexmark International Employee Review

2.0
Dec 7, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation adequate but not fairly distributed.

Cons

If you aren't a 'yes man', brown noser, or minority then promotions, salary increases, are few and far between. With every promotion the level of responsibility added to compensation equates to a 10:1 ratio. Work load is not shared equally; good work is rewarded with more work to the point one can't keep up unless working 24/7. Vacation is adequate but you are heavily scrutinized when you attempt to take it and expected to work either twice as hard prior to, or afterwards, OR expected to work remotely while on vacation. Work over and above is never recognized or known by 99.9% of management because that would give the employee leverage when pay increases are assessed. Pay increase suggestions from benefits per individual is reallocated by departmental management and given as they see fit. So if one does not see eye to eye with one's manager then you're screwed. Regardless of doing one's job in superior fashion, management will find an incremental part of one's job that they don't do well and penalize them heavily even if everything else is done excellent or exceeds expectations. If one leaves the company and has an excellent work history the HR department will blackball that individual to any potential employer with negative feedback. Word of caution if you are departing, if you are told you may have any company property because you either worked hard on the project or they deem it to be scrap then know it is a trap!

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Pros

Solid software team working with modern frameworks in the cloud. Products are simple but have complex and unique scaling needs across printer fleets and print release. Great people, even able to make long time friends.

Cons

Leadership is risk adverse. Coming from hardware their release processes can be burdensome and overly cautious. Innovation stagnates due to this but also, layoffs are a common place which creates concern and risks each year.

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