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Lexmark International

Is this your company?

Done. So very, very *done* - Anonymous employee Lexmark International Employee Review

1.0
9 Apr 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It was once a great place, with scrappy people and a "satisfy the customer" attitude.

Cons

Geeze. Where to begin? Strategically, the company has no place to go. Print is dying, quickly. Moreover, companies that *are* buying print aren't using consumables like they once did. The Imaging R&D can't justify its budget, so expect cuts every year from now on, if not every quarter. That last flight of super-expensive devices went "thud" in the market, didn't it? You didn't need to develop it in the *FIRST PLACE*, but you needed to justify that R&D budget for another 5 years. The software business is a mess and will be sold-off for pennies on the dollar. The "Phoenix Kofax" will still be run by its megalomanical CEO. That pernicious potentate thinks he's another Steve Jobs, so act accordingly employees. Then there's management. Choose your metaphor: Lifeboat...melting iceberg...sinking ship. Whatever the case, they keep kicking out people who disagreed with them, so the standard cadre of sycophants are left. Hopefully APEX gets that and has cleaned house, but who knows?

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Pros

- high pay - growth

Cons

- a lot of work - high pressure

4.0
5 Jun 2026
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Pros

Interesting work and competent engineers. The office is casual and everyone is very friendly. Management is generally competent and reasonable. Very lax in terms of work-life balance, Lexmark generally trusts their engineers to get tasks completed but don't need you to be there 9-5 M-F.

Cons

Be prepared to survive frequent layoffs.

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