CAREER SUICIDE - YOU WILL HATE WORKING FOR CANON USA
Executive (Current Employee), Lake Success, NY – May 18, 2012
Pros: great job security, low stress work environment
Cons: japanese people, no career growth, micro managed
I have spent the last 5 years working for Canon USA as a senior level executive with a high six figure salary, and I am still currently employed with the company. The work/life balance is great. I'm not put under any stress and the work is fairly easy. Job security is also great as the Japanese tend to never fire, or lay-off, anyone. It's just part – more... of the culture. The company will take a hit as a whole, before workers are ever considered being let go.
Don't be fooled by the positive reviews. Canon is strictly run and managed under a ridiculous Japanese corporate culture. No matter what your professional level is, you will be considered as nothing more than a bean counter by Japanese management. You will be used to help train and promote Japanese people around you with next to no experience. Every single task you do for the company will be strictly watched by inferior management. If you do something great, your Japanese manager will take all the credit. You won't even be mentioned as having worked on the project! If anything ever goes wrong with any group assignment, an American worker will be made to blame. The best analogy I can give for working for a Japanese company is that it's like working for a bunch of 10 year old kids. When you start employment you will quickly see that you have no future there besides helping Japanese people further their careers. I strongly advise anyone against going down this path, unless you are extremely desperate for a pay check.
If you plan on working for Canon, please reach out to American people that work for the company and ask them if they would ever consider working for a Japanese company again. You will hear an astounding "No" across the board. – less
Administrative Assistant (Former Employee), Chicago, IL – March 4, 2012
Pros: good work/life balance, great learning environment
Cons: advancement difficult
Overall it was a great company to work for, the benefits and the pay were decent and I learned a lot about an industry that I had no clue about. The in's and out's of of not only the office products industry but sales as well.
Field Sales Instructor (Former Employee), IL,NJ,TX,CA,NY – February 13, 2012
Pros: steady paycheck. training.
Cons: political
Excellent company training and grooming, in the old days. Cutbacks and Politics make it hard to work here. Old Boy network. Prison like atmosphere. Must comply with everything from turnign lights out to recycling garbage. Do not throw your trash into anyone elses trash container or you will be reported. Rice paper ceiling unless you speak Japanese. A – more... high nail gets pounded down. – less
No advancement, low pay, bad culture, poor management, list goes on...
Marketing (Current Employee), Lake Success, NY – February 5, 2012
Pros: not many
Cons: low pay, no advancement, poor management, bad company culture, foreign company, etc.
This is a terrible place to work, especially if you're ambitious and motivated. You are constantly told there are no advancement opportunities because of the corporate culture and the way things are. The pay scale is way below market value, don't expect to make the big bucks here. They continue to take away perks and treat you like you're in a prison. – more... They leave you in fear of being fired for stupid things, laying off 20+ year employees because of restructuring whenever they feel like it. It is a sad sad place to work. – less
