To everyone at HQ—look at the grass in the courtyard. From far away, it looks green, but up close it’s full of weeds. That’s exactly what’s happening with our leadership. Just because someone has a fancy title—VP, SD, specially EVP—doesn’t mean... — read more
HR Hours
I know this topic has been addressed before and if you are going to reply with "this isn't true" save it... I can't understand why HR in the South Jersey location (Burlington) isn't avail until 9am ... I thought the hours were 830-500? I get that... — read more
Email Reply All Abuse
Anybody stupid enough to continue the endless reply alls to the Vanguard profit sharing email should be terminated. Canon is not employing the best and brightest! Geezus, just don’t reply to the email, stop picking at it like a scab.
Regional Directors Called Zone HQ
Why are the regional sales and service leaders being summoned to the zone HQ today for meetings in the middle of the month? Are they meeting to discuss why we are losing large and smaller accounts in most of our markets or to hammer out another... — read more
Rules or No Rules...?
Not sure how it is in other locations or not (depends on the favoritism I'm sure) I was under the impression that if you work from home on an in office day, that you must come in on the Thursday and it's almost like a one-time deal.. (Appt, etc) How... — read more
Canon Va Reduces Employee Population
Over one year of mini layoffs disguised as terminations, the company has reduced its employee population by 8.8%.
2nd half kickoff today
What is everyone’s thoughts based on what we saw and heard?
Wednesday is the One Year “Anniversary” of the Mass Layoff
Tuesday, July 9th, 2024, the day of the death spiral, nothing good has happened since.
No calls..
Just because the calls didn't come thru today, doesn't mean it's not in the works.. Its still early in the month.. Maybe it's gonna be after the big 4hr meeting next week.. Everyone knows something is on the horizon because of the numbers looking... — read more
Mandatory Reading for the Executive Trolls on Here…You Got Homework!
Welcome to MBA-Wannabe 101. Here is your assigned reading for this week. The below article describes Canon to a T. https://ronmci.medium.com/ten-reasons-why-large-corporations-cant-or-won-t-care-for-people-00f2e15de109
Paychecks today?
Anyone else not get their paychecks today as expected? My whole team is commenting, no deposit and not available in HR self-service. Guess I'm eating ramen all weekend...
Working Conditions...
It's not bad enough that the work load has changed with work getting outsourced out of the country, the morale is awful, micro-managing is at an all - time high, people are just depressed and miserable, let's add to that the fact that the Commerce... — read more
Time to look in the mirror…
As we continue to fail and refuse to adapt to the market, Canon Inc should take a second to look in the mirror. As a company that prides themselves on being an innovator, what new technology have they released. When scanning became important we... — read more
Layoffs are coming in July
Things are way too quiet right now. I see another rounds of layoffs coming in early July
The Vibes Are Off...
Not sure if it's just certain locations, but does anyone see how the vibes are off more so than usual? Alot of meetings, changes in departments, changes in work loads, outsourcing work out of the country.. We already established that the lack of... — read more
Melville Blues
What happened to the acknowledgment, appreciation, and celebration of hard over the top work? I just wrapped up a significant project and by Monday morning by 9:30 it seems like the focus shifted entirely to what needs to be done next. I would have... — read more
Out of touch much?
Canon is a depressing place to work at and for. The mess starts from the top and since they su-k the people they promote and hire su-k 1+1=2 Anything they try and do to give off the impression that they actually care about their workers comes across... — read more
The Great Excuse…..
For those of us who were previously employed at CSA, do you feel like we are lied to on a daily basis? For starters, all we heard last year after the layoffs was how great it would be to work under the Canon USA banner. We were told that the six... — read more
“Profit First” Over “People First”
If you had any doubts about the priorities of executive management and how they truly feel about the employees of the company, today’s memo should make it abundantly crystal clear. This could be the impetus for the next round of layoffs. When sales... — read more
Sammy's Email
CEO Sammy's message this morning telling everyone to charge their customers more falls a little flat when none of our outside vendors have raised prices on the existing stock they have. The billable supplies division is completely stuck. Make the... — read more
Take a hard look at the management layer
CEOs come and go in this industry (print and camera), and their vision is only executed upon by their 3rd level management. They drive the vision that the CEO outlines and implements the successful implementation within the organizations. One only... — read more
Melville employees, did King Kobayashi come into the office to collaborate today?
I just endured 9 hours of incarceration, oops, I mean office time, on a day which is normally WFH. I’d like to know if the b0z0 who came up with this brilliant idea decided to participate or if this just your typical, “Rules for thee, none for me”... — read more
The Canon Canada. World’s Largest Print Shop!
Office space ain’t cheap even in Brampton and this place is huge and drafty...it was this or storage lockers and pickle ball courts. No one is buying the gear so might as well go Kinkos. https://www.canon.ca/en/Print-Shop
Cheap, Illegal, and Everywhere: The Clone Toner Crisis Coming from China. ☹
Cheap, Illegal, and Everywhere: The Clone Toner Crisis Coming from China. ☹ https://tonernews.com/forums/topic/cheap-illegal-and-everywhere-the-clone-toner-crisis-coming-from-china-%e2%98%b9/
I Broke Out in Laughter…….
…when they sent that email blast stating that the company won an award from USA Today for excellence in customer service. How much did marketing have to spend for that propaganda? Canon loves to exaggerate their success. “We have a 99.5% invoice... — read more
Keep Outsourcing...
Not sure how much of this is going on in any other branches but in certain locations, it's alot and ongoing... It's concerning because there are some depts where the employees are scrounging for work because the Phillipines are doing alot of it.. Is... — read more
The physiological safety at Canon is awful
Such a toxic environment with awful managers.
Tariff Price Increases
To all sales reps, As we do our best to bring in every deal for the month, the question looms large whether or not Canon USA will continue to move forward with the planned price increases. As sales rep, selling with a positive GP is hard enough. ... — read more
CUSA Playing The Long Game
I’ve been at CUSA for about 7-8 years now and have been a part of 3 different CEO’s, COVID, full time in the office, full time remote, hybrid, constant shuffling of senior management and a hand full of layoffs. I’ve also been watching this channel... — read more
New CUSA CEO 2026
I’m hearing (not validated yet) our current CEO is being forced out and will return to Tokyo at the end of the year. Not sure who the replacement will be. But a lot of changes will be coming in the next 7 months. Layoffs, moving offices, massive... — read more
Dear Management, What Are You Going To Do About the Deadwood?
So, one of the biggest reasons that I absolutely despise office time is that there are so many people who socialize, sc--w around all day, and contribute nothing to the company. All day long, I can hear people in another room, through poorly... — read more
I think we are forgetting why we post here..
Maybe it's just me.. Maybe some will agree, some won't, but it's a bit unsettling when you read some of these comments, most recent regarding posting atomic bo-b pics, etc.. I thought this site was for voicing your opinions about issues in your... — read more
FM “Retirement” Very Short 😉
FM got out while he could. PK spun it as “retirement”. They think we’re d-mb. The red Canon kool-aid is stale and nobody is guzzling it down... — read more
Next reorg
When should we expect the next reorganization that will accomplish absolutely nothing useful, but still have those at the top patting each other on the back for a job well done?
Canon’s New 2025 Challenges: Tariff Wars, Price Increases, and Uncertainty Ahead. ☹
Canon’s New 2025 Challenges: Tariff Wars, Price Increases, and Uncertainty Ahead. ☹ https://tonernews.com/forums/topic/canons-new-2025-challenges-tariff-wars-price-increases-and-uncertainty-ahead-%e2%98%b9/
The goal is to get us to quit
They increased the sales quota by $10k plus per rep without researching territories, past performance, or speaking with the representatives as well as their direct managers. 90% of the sales team are in the red with no support in sight. We operate... — read more
Worst Leadership
Am I the only one in Melville experiencing the worst leadership ever?! Things seem to have gone from bad to worse in the last 18 months since our new CEO came onboard and completely changed the reporting structure, the company communication, the... — read more
Employee Appreciation Day
I took the family on vacation this week and thus I am out of the office for this years employee appreciation day so I missed it. I heard the all company meeting was a snoozer and we launched some new IdeaNexus thing that sounds like the Intrapreneur... — read more
11 New Hires ! HA HA
https://web.archive.org/web/20250418155629/https://www.newsday.com/canon-usa-layoffs-vnljpjmo