A Large Corporation Trying to Change but Hamstrung by Sheer Inertia - Sales Executive Ricoh Employee Review

2.0
May 8, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

It's very corporate. Lots of branding, lots of metrics, lots of conference calls. Ricoh makes excellent hardware, but hardware is minimally profitable so it's transitioning to a "services-led" organization. They do a good job serving large customers.

Cons

The company is slow and unresponsive, much of what they sell isn't their own, the metrics include lots of meaningless and incorrect information, and the conference calls are often much more meaningful to the people leading them than the people listening. They don't do a good job of serving small customers, and they don't treat vertical or geographic markets as unique.

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
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Pros

Creative Services team in North America is led by an absolutely stellar Brand Director, with a fantastic team that continues to smash it. The wider business and fellow employees have always been genuinely kind, and the office environment is very friendly as well.

Cons

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3.0
May 26, 2026
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Pros

• Decent pay • Great benifits • Car allowance/reimbursement for a personal vehicle and depreciation • The ability to travel and build relationships with customers • Learning mechanical and electrical skills • Independence and teamwork

Cons

• They just started enforcing the new commute policy which requires technicians to now give the company an hour of their time to and from work, if the customer is that distance away from their home at the beginning or end of day. Ultimately stealing up to 2 hours from the technician every single day and effectively punishing you for living so far away from a customer site. • Always coming with new ways to screw over technicians. They also just implemented new metrics that contribute to or take away from your bonus. • Sales reps usually always get the wrong equipment delivered to a customer and you have to be the one to deal with a screwed up mess • Lack of communication between sales/deliveries/management

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