Are you still happy at CSA? What keeps you here
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It's so nice to work hard at a company 5, 10, 15, 20 years and there is no exit severance. Might be time to edit half the employee handbook and delete the sections about Canon values.
Close to 20 years and I agree 100% Aquiring Oce was the beginning of the end for Canon. They were on the verge of bankruptcy when Canon finally closed the deal that took almost 3 years to finalize. And part of that deal was to put Oce people in charge of Canon. The same people that drove Oce into the ground, were put in charge. All Canon wanted was the Oce portfolio. But we ended up with all these yahoos who were clueless. But Oce refused to close the deal without securing jobs for the higher ups at Oce who ran it in the ground. Im sure that is because they felt they wouldn’t be able to find jobs elsewhere. Canon should have walked away from the deal at that point. But was greedy for Oce portfolio and could not see the big picture.
I too am a 20+ year employee of CSA. To the poster who wrote, "The integration of Oce should be documented in business books" you are a fool. You can almost pin CSA's turn from a great company into what it is today down to the day Canon acquired Oce. The forced integration of the failing management team at Oce into all the upper levels of what used to be a well oiled machine IS the reason CSA is a mismanaged mess today, period.
I’m miserable at CSA. The economy is terrible, otherwise I would turn in my two weeks notice. There is no growth opportunities, management has lied to me REPEATEDLY about receiving additional training. The emphasis is on getting work done, not developing people. I’m just going through the motions like a robot, and I’ve cut back the additional hours I work in the evenings, weekends, and holidays. Why burn myself out for a company that will dump you in a heartbeat just so the executives can put more money in their wallets?
What is happening is a result of Canon remaining stagnant for years and not adapting to changing markets and interests. The focus is now on short term results with little focus on how it will impact the future. We all know what happens to reactive organizations…they shoot themselves in the foot.
And the second person to comment on this thread is most likely aligned with HR. It’s always the employees fault and never the executive leadership’s poor decision making.
I’m sure someone in New York will be glad to give you all the unnecessary swag that CSA branded since it is no longer in existence. Waste of money to begin with.
One can only hope at the poor leaders that still exist ( specially in marketing and it’s unnecessary fraud extensions pretending not to act like marketing ) that was simply given better benefits, and a new business card with a new name on it will also find its way as the company dumpster.
Writing off CSA as a loss will be the best tax break ever !!!
I've been a Canon employee for 28 years. I've spent most of my career with CSA and some with CUSA. I've had great leaders who have inspired me throughout my career. Many people continue to post nonsense, or what I like to call, throw everything against the wall, and let's see what sticks approach, but they have never taken a step back and thought about how to grow their personal careers. I feel many just come in to collect a check. If it's about collecting just a check, then you will never grow, and you will do the same things everyone else does on this forum. Complain, why not me...Why was I never promoted... Am I going to lose my job..... Let me blame my failures on management.
No organization or management team could ever be perfect; that's not the world we live in, but I can firsthand say I owe my success to the great leaders who saw something in me and invested themselves to ensure my success.
I know many will post now that I'm in management or HR. Still, I consider myself an employee who has worked hard every day to become who I am today, and it's sad to read many comments in this forum, knowing that most are still working with Canon. You would think it would be those unfortunate employees who were part of the reduction who posted negative comments- SURPRISE its existing employees! What's happening with Canon today is realigning the business to meet demand; every company goes through a transition period. Stop thinking you graduated from Harvard Business!
To answer the post, yes, I'm very happy no matter what structural changes happen. CSA is a true success story and, in my heart, will go down as one of the best transitional companies to ever compete in the printing space. The integration of Oce should be documented in business books. Many of our competitors integrated outside companies and failed only to rethink their strategies before reducing thousands.
CSA turned into a $1B plus company, and that happened because of the great people who work for Canon. From management to the people, it's always been a team effort!