https://www.ricoh.com/sustainability/society/vision/3
Age discrimination in the event you are not one of the boys/girls, including those with suspect personal ethics and integrity. Management (using term loosely) marginalized the role of direct reports so as to assume relationships for own self preservation. Constantly evolving Comp plans and mis-guided business strategies and performance metrics completely disconnected to stated mission and subjective at personal level. Difficult at best to listen to the Imagine Change corporate message that was pure "lipstick on the pig" at client level. Disappointing being managed and subsequently shoved out the door by over-bearing, self-serving, legend in his/her own mind manager that continues to excel in role as lap dog, claiming to be just an "awe shucks, down to business" savant driven to client satisfaction. HR plays the game, claims to process any complaints in employee centered way only to return with a vague "we don't see any validity to your request"...even though a lengthy record attached to an individual manager may be on file. I guess after many months and extracted fingernails (figurative), a great weight was lifted. But in typical fashion, the term date was timed perfectly such that the company immediately cut any benefits and no severance was included after ten years. And then an immediate threat to exercise non-compete clause if I might be considering work with what they considered a competitor. Not good enough for them, but apparently too good to compete against. Real coward(s). Good luck to the many good people I encountered and worked with and the many clients that deserve better.
"I filed a complaint against my supervisor. They sent a HR rep who tried to bully me into quitting. Telling me repeatedly that "I had to leave", "I wasn't wanted". I told him I would wait to be fired."
Yes! This happened to my husband, too.
Biggest obstacle to Ricoh being a saas provider is total lack of resources and ability for customer to take them seriously! ricoh has destroyed what little brand image they had by trying to be everything to everyone while still very much hooked on toner. Tshirt printer? Projector? Outdated super expensive interactive white boards? AND you want me to remodel my business processes with some late to market “saas” ? “Imagine. Change” = If you want to spend money on something then we got something to sell you!
Definitely part of the "transform" plan for past few years, however management chooses to disguise their motives. Only the longtime buddy system survives and they are biggest obstacle to corporate achieving supposed reinvention of Ricoh as meaningful Saas player. Much lipstick being applied to this pig.
@4yij+16sZCNWl are you still working for Ricoh? What's it been like since you filed the complaint. I'd do just about anything for them to lay me off with a severance package. I know I should probably just move on and leave, but I've invested so much time with the company, I feel like I should hang on to watch the ship sink next April and see if they throw me a life vest (severance).
I was with Ricoh for over 30 years. I filed a complaint against my supervisor. They sent a HR rep who tried to bully me into quitting. Telling me repeatedly that "I had to leave", "I wasn't wanted". I told him I would wait to be fired. Afterwards I spoke to two other people that got the same treatment from HR. It seems to be their strategy to try and get someone one who complains to quit rather than address the complaint. There open door policy leads to the back alley where they push you out with a kick in the a–.