Canon Reviews

Pros

Good location, decent hours, relativily stable environment, not hard work. Some opportunity to travel for business development. Exempt employees are allowed alevel of flexibility

Cons

Very little personel development
A throwback to the old boy (or girl) network. Not really promoted based upon performance but how well you cater to someone else in a higher position.
Work is not very challenging.
Low pay in relation to oter companies offering a similar product

Pros

Great place to start a career

Cons

very long prior notice for resignation

Advice to Senior Management

The managers have done a good job mentoring fresh grads to build up experience

Pros

- Company have high autonomy in making decision
- There are rooms for promotion
- The work environment allows creativity

Cons

- Have to deal with ambiguity
- sometimes it is hard to deal with culture
- Employees are used to doing the business in a same way as before

Advice to Senior Management

- Closer supervision is recommended
- Increase work-life balance
- Could increase leadership training program
- comparable pay is highly recommended

Pros

Good benefits and a way to get a start toward working in an office environment.
Company has tuition reimbursement so a bit of advice get your education and afterward leave for better pastures.

Cons

Low pay and you have to apply multiple times (beg) to get a promotion.

Advice to Senior Management

Better pay and acknowledge that your kiss-ups are always not the best people for the promotional advances.

Pros

Medical Insurance benefits, Christmas vacation

Cons

Hard to take leaves, underpaid

Advice to Senior Management

Improve work environment

Pros

High Pay compared to other companies
Work with new and advance technologies
Develop applications for Canon
50-50 change to be assigned in Japan

Cons

Too much security
Camera phones, IPODs, USB drive, and other storage devices are not allowed inside
No work-life balance for some projects
Politics
Too much OT (some projects)
Overloaded work

Advice to Senior Management

Always consider the farewell of employees also, not just the client.
Give them company-paid project outings and dinners

Pros

The money is ok at times.

Cons

Took 10 years off my life.

Advice to Senior Management

Get serious or exit the industry segment. Concentrate on cameras.

Pros

Exposure to some of the Cutting-edge Technologies in the field, Brand Recognition of the company you are working for, Personal Growth - lots to learn by interacting with various counterparts in this huge company, Frequent Business Trips

Cons

Depends on the individual, it can be a positive experience for some. Definitely it is an eye opener to be in this company with its strengths and weaknesses.

Advice to Senior Management

More streamlining on the business units and cooperation between them, Matrix reporting system would be useful in some positions, In summary, they are going to right direction in the future.

Pros

Lots to be done
Lots of opportunities
Mostly good macro management

Cons

Always the same get to be promoted
Clear gender discrimination in salaries and opportunities
Becoming very heavy at the top

Advice to Senior Management

Listen more deeply to what (field) employees are saying

Pros

Canon is a large company that is able to provide great support systems that other small competitors do not have available to them. Canon Business Solutions offers great health benefits packages. For people at the beginning of their careers, Canon offers excellent training programs.

Cons

Canon is too slow to react to market changes in order to stay competitive. The decision making and processes are too inflexible to stay up to date with the changing sales environment. It seems like upper management is out of touch with the real situation in the market place. In addition, the employee moral is extremely low. This could be a result of the compensation packages being lower than industry averages.

Advice to Senior Management

More decision making power needs to be given on a local level. Canon loses many opportunities due to slow decision making.