Thread regarding Canon Inc. layoffs

HQ has become so pathetic. All these expats which have been in CUSA for just a few years, walking around like their sh*t don’t stink. Asking all the remaining Americans for more reports, wasting time, as they don’t know the business.

One poor decision after another. We see you. It would be funny, be we see the company we helped build tanking, so it’s sad.

@293 I’m glad there are other employees in Burlington who feel the exact same way I do. I’ve been wondering recently if I am out of touch and just a miserable mope in life, but it seems like many share my beliefs about management, and the CEO in particular. I have decided to let my frustration and annoyance be more noticeable, even around my manager and co-workers. Working long hours, producing quality output, solving problems, being proactive: etc.hasn’t gotten me ANYWHERE. Yes, I’m irritable, and rightfully so!

The CEO. Plain & simple. When I started at Canon 11+ years ago, it was a wonderful place to work. I loved my job & enjoyed coming in every day (for the most part, lol). The culture, the morale, the people… everything was great & had me looking forward to what my future here would bring.

Now? HA! I’m lucky if I can see myself here for another 2 months let alone any number of years. The annual merit increases have always been small, but nowhere near the absolute insult they are today. I’d see anywhere between 5-7% before 2024. Once that a**hat took the wheel it’s been 1.9% & 2.5%… & that 2.5% came with one he-l of a fight. And the way it was delivered to me? You’d think they were doing me the world’s biggest favor. Keep in mind my reviews the last 8+ years have had me at High & Outstanding Contributor, to boot. Absolutely laughable.

The merge didn’t help the cause, AT ALL… constantly singing for our supper to absolutely tone deaf executives has been the name of the game for over 2 years now. It’s exhausting. In my opinion, CSA execs seem to be a bunch of boot-licking “yes men”… so Sammy is perfectly content with his current tribe & takes no issue with the fact that nearly everyone else is insanely miserable.

I look elsewhere on a regular basis… but I know the market isn’t the best right now so it makes me nervous. I’ve been living by the “the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t” theory for a while now, but with each passing day, I’m feeling more & more willing to take the risk.

They can keep the BS “midday mingles”, the free burnt coffee, the Mister Softee & whatever other “lipstick on a pig” moves they think were blinded by & give us fair salaries, more manageable workloads & a culture that doesn’t make our stomachs turn.

The CEO, that’s what. All roads lead back to him, or it, or whatever the preferred pronouns are these days.

@ee while I mostly agree that things took a sharp turn post merger, there are still plenty of rats in the CSA ship willing to cozy up to upper management and throw their coworkers under the bus.

The environment was much better when CSA was a subsidiary before getting acquired by CUSA. It was a positive work environment and profitable. Main reason it was acquired was one of the key players (PK) sold the workforce out to advance his career with Sammy. And CUSA wanted CSA because it represented a cash cow. Look what got the company? Mass layoffs, hostile workplace because people at the top are obsessed with metrics. Ethical boundaries are crossed every single day and management looks the other way. Surprise PIPs designed to create false narratives. Create working conditions that are so intolerable that people are forced to quit (intentionally so CUSA doesn’t have to pay severance or unemployment).

Advice to recent college grads? If you want to work for this company, know going in that’s on a very limited time basis. Don’t expect to have a lifelong career with this company.

And lastly, their obsession with AI will bite management in their posterior region. Shareholders will be extremely happy with Sammy sun.