Thread regarding Canon Inc. layoffs

Price increase!

As if 2025 hasn’t been hard enough for CSG sales, now comes yet another price increase. This increase is on top of all the other increases we have had to manage.

For reps who have sold deals at a high GP, this is yet another reminder that the company doesn’t want to pay you. Paying reps 2% overrides is the driving force here because they know deep down customers will not pay the increase. They will simply go to another vendor.

It’s time to fight back and sit down. As much as it will hurt all of us, I suggest that we sit back in October and sell nothing. Sandbag all your deals in an effort to let the powers that be that they can not just increase our pricing model. Our compensation and the way we make a living is predicated by the price of the box we sell. Write me up, threaten to fire me, do whatever you want. The bigger concern should be the amount of people that will leave come January 1st. Making $50k with little to know upside is not a real job folks. This company is pushing you out and you don’t see it.

#Compensation #Sales #Morale
by Anonymous
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The new quarter kick off meetings will be interesting.

by Anonymous
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@f6 nefarious behavior indeed.

by Anonymous
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Bet smart money 💰 dealers talk a good game but when it comes to service, getting tech support or service must be a real challenge. If someone wants to go cheap, after a rep goes in and does the real work educating a prospect on equipment and then that prospect turns around and goes to a dealer, don't expect help from the direct rep getting service and support. You get what you pay for.

by Anonymous
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@as Absolutely, the dealers got huge shipments of varying supplies, etc. the second they arrived, right before the June price increase and they keep everything at the previous pricing. Meanwhile our system automatically updated to the increased tariff pricing. So, the vendors/dealers have all the advantage while direct sales suffer.

This of course costs the company a ton of money in direct sales, but hey, "our great partner B&H" is sitting pretty...

by Anonymous
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More beach time if you ask me. This company needs to figure out what they want from us.

Clearly they have to know sales are down due to the demand. People generally don’t pay more for something that don’t think they need. Competition will su-k up these companies that spend the time to look for better pricing.

by FUSammy
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@ah People will stay through the end of the year to use up vacation, personal and sick time since that can’t be carried over. Friday, January 2nd seems like an ideal date to resign.

by Anonymous
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Do the dealers have to take on the increases or this CSG only?

I get the feeling like the dealers are being provided some advantages over the CUSA sales teams?

Thoughts?

by Anonymous
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"The bigger concern should be the amount of people that will leave come January 1st"
What's happening Jan 1st?

by Anonymous
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@OP LOL, I know a certain sales team that has to get to 110% every month to get a measly 1.1% commission payout... If you're at 109%, it's 0.95% commission. anything below 90% quote is 0.45%...

by Anonymous
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