For those who have left - how much has the experience at Xerox helped you at your new job? A friend got the same job at another company and is surprised at how little experience here means to him at his new job. He has worked here for many years and now has a bunch of new things to learn.
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Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple? Yes - Xerox, Kodak, Ricoh, Blockbuster? Not so much...
As a hiring manager I wouldn't care if you came from Xerox, Kodak, Google or Amazon. You'll get a foot in the door with an interview if you had relevant experience at any of these. What are your skills though? Did you keep them up to date? Do you interview well? Can you tell me what you did, and how you helped your company?
Unless I'm looking for very specialized skills that only company A B or C has, then where you work now or before doesn't matter in most cases.
There is a difference between being an asset to your new company for the skills you have vs being valued for just coming from xerox. I would not expect anyone to be impressed or give me any slack for this. Someone said it here. Expecting people to fall at your feet because you’ve come from a dinosaur of a company is arrogant snd misguided for sure.
Somewhat ....depends on culture and new environment one signs on with.
Most viable companies now see experience at xerox as detrimental vs valuable. It’s generally understood that this is a company whose primary product is 20th century technology and other solutions are sub par lipstick on a pig. That combined with employees over stewed in a toxic environment makes for very unappealing talent that would taint their culture.
I learned a lot at Xerox and once I left that dump and took my knowledge with me - now my new company is reaping the benefits. Shame on Zerox.
My 35 plus years of xerox experience did not get me much. The things I did on my own helped me like 2 network certifications. I had friend that never updated their skills other then xerox specific product service skills and they are doing low paying jobs now
I walked into my job one month after being let go. I brought the analytical skills, knowledge management, problem solving skills, and professional skills with me. Once I realized that although it wasn't printers anymore, I could still apply everything that I learned over 30 years. Xerox's loss is my new employer's gain. I'm leaving people 30 years my junior in the dust!
Should not be a surprise to have to learn in a new environment. That’s fairly arrogant.
Why would you think you wouldn’t have to learn new things? Every organization is different. My experience managing operations, project management and the like are extremely valuable in my new role out of the industry. You will never be valued the same however. You don’t have personal equity in your new job. You have to earn that by developing relationships and fitting in with the new culture. You cannot walk in all high and mighty. You will be knocked down a few pegs.