Thread regarding Canon Inc. layoffs

The Rising Cost of Commuting: Time for a More Flexible Workplace

Many employees today are feeling the pressure of rising living costs. Housing, groceries, and transportation expenses continue to climb, and commuting to work has become an increasingly heavy financial burden for many families.

For this reason, I believe Canon should seriously consider offering greater flexibility when it comes to working from home.

Across different sectors and regions of the world, many companies are already encouraging remote work where possible. This approach helps reduce unnecessary commuting, lowers fuel consumption, and eases the financial strain placed on employees.

In times when global energy markets remain volatile due to geopolitical tensions involving countries like Iran, Israel, and major powers such as the United States, reducing unnecessary travel is not only economically sensible, it is also responsible.

Allowing employees to work from home when their role permits can help reduce commuting costs, decrease fuel consumption, and improve overall work-life balance. It is a practical solution that benefits both employees and employers.

Flexibility in the workplace is no longer simply a perk; it has become an important way to support employees during a time of economic uncertainty and rising costs.


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Post ID: @OP+1kkvavesk

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Not to mention dodging potholes on the way to the Canon Gulag.

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Post ID: @3aa+1kkvavesk

@1en very good points here and to add almost all my meeting are scheduled for Thursday & Friday all the depts i have meeting with on the regular do them at home where is quite. They all say it's too loud in the office. Especially if your in Burlington where my tiny group went from a room of about 10 to 40+ people in a room and majority of the room is call center people. It's extremely loud all the time.

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Post ID: @1ex+1kkvavesk

Does anyone in upper management understand that “collaboration“ is not actually a thing? At least not so much as anything else can be done through teams (or Google chat now). We all know that this is a non-subtle attempt at more control, legitimizing the cost of commercial real estate, and a desperate attempt to mirror modern day, corporate work to what it looked like pre-pandemic. While, yes, the pandemic is over; the one good thing to come out of it was that it taught us that we didn’t have to live that way. We don’t have to sacrifice additional commute time & expenditures from our lives to get work done in front of a laptop. Once a month would be more than sufficient for actual face time and in person meetings during the day. Besides, in the office, nobody collaborates. We bemoan our local sports teams and discuss how cr-ppy our morning commute was. That’s about it, all while having to deal with the noise of the office around us while trying to do our jobs.

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Post ID: @1en+1kkvavesk

Sammy wants Collaboration! we was at WFH 3 days a week till he said collaboration!

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Post ID: @q4+1kkvavesk

@br my questions are why is anyone allowed to work from home? If it's all about collaboration, then everyone needs to be seen in the office correct? It's all BS all of it.
I get way more done at home. Others do nothing at home but as far as I've seen they also nothing 'in' the office either and get away with it. Our desks keep getting smaller, lower walls, you can't even hear yourself think in office, but The Man does not care.

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Post ID: @nt+1kkvavesk

@m8 yes I’ll affirm directors get gas cards as well

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Post ID: @na+1kkvavesk

@fg directors do get gas cards

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Post ID: @m8+1kkvavesk

Directors do not get gas cards.

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Post ID: @fg+1kkvavesk

@fe you just described a prison. while I question SK's mental faculties, i trust even he has heard of a prison before.

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Post ID: @ff+1kkvavesk

I don’t want to give Kobayashi any ideas, but maybe to maximize productivity and employee surveillance, they will build dormitories at every office location to get employees to work more hours and live at work, for an authentic Japan experience. Similar to the Net Cafes in Tokyo, where workers go after they miss the midnight train, and they can then continue to work and skip the morning commute into town.

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Post ID: @fe+1kkvavesk

@eh HR will never admit to a mistake they made. they barely can follow any policy they wrote themselves without contradiction. the primary job of HR is protect the company from legal repercussions. the second is brutalize the workers... uhh... "resources".
HR will only help you if they are forced to from more powerful institutions like federal/state government groups, private law, or worker union. otherwise good luck getting HR to tell you the time of day before they add it to your PIP

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Post ID: @f6+1kkvavesk

@bx and the same bootlickers who failed to complete employee performance evaluations. HR is too busy looking the other way.

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Post ID: @eh+1kkvavesk

@ba we were told the same, they wanted to add a day but settled with, mandatory camera on

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Post ID: @by+1kkvavesk

@br some of the brightest, hardest workers I've met WFH, while some of the d-mbest, most useless a-s clowns I've had the displeasure of dealing with are happy to go to the office because Mr. Boss Man said so. The only reason they're "successful" is because they continually fail upwards by licking boots and kissing a-s.

Wonder what category you fall under?

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Post ID: @bx+1kkvavesk

Was this essay written by Gemini?

There’s no point in typing up a logical argument like this because they don’t bleeping care.

I had a dream last night that they fired all American employees sometime this year. Desperation is setting in.

The numbers are getting worse by the month. 2026 will be epically bad. They are not even close to breaking even with 2025 numbers.

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Post ID: @bt+1kkvavesk

Wow so people are being let go all over the place and you think they should let more people work from home. If that even made a little sense don’t you think the people they let work from home would be the first to go in the next round?

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Post ID: @br+1kkvavesk

@ba no it’s at director and above that get a gas card

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Post ID: @bq+1kkvavesk

@aj I agree that they should take into consideration letting staff WFH bit like you mentioned, it's all about control so why not continue to makes us all miserable and try and force people to leave.. As people quit, they will just overwork the people that are still here..

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Post ID: @bd+1kkvavesk

@ba this came straight from an executive's mouth during a recent division kick off. I assure you, this is 100% true.

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Post ID: @bc+1kkvavesk

@b7 I believe director and above get a gas card, and Sr. Director and above also get car lease assistance, how much exactly I don't know.

It's just us plebs paying our own way, even if we're forced to come in 5 days a week.

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Post ID: @bb+1kkvavesk

@am can anyone confirm this?

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Post ID: @ba+1kkvavesk

I believe Directors and above receive Gas money, or it could be Sr. Direct.

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Post ID: @b7+1kkvavesk

Fun fact, Sammy already wanted to bring people in for more office days! But was talked into implementing the new ridiculous always on camera policy in lieu of adding days - for now.

I would not be surprised if he only agreed to that to placate whoever was smart enough to push back on more in office days, and will go back on that decision later this year.

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Post ID: @am+1kkvavesk

@OP if they cared about the money, they'd have us working remotely as a default. It was never about money, it is about control.
They want you worried, tired, miserable, and when you leave they don't have to payout. If you stay, well they got your work out of you anyways.
if you want proper working conditions, the only option is unionize.

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Post ID: @aj+1kkvavesk

They would prob do the opposite and add another day because there just as*holes

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Post ID: @af+1kkvavesk

Sounds reasonable. Unfortunately, those making the decisions at Canon don't care about being reasonable or the cause and effect on the employee base.

Higher gas prices really aren't a significant concern for them, so no problem exists. Simple.

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Post ID: @a4+1kkvavesk

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