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Canon Virginia

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Canon Virginia reviews

3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

(133 total reviews)

Yusaku Azuma

60% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

Canon Virginia has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 133 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Canon Virginia employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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133 reviews
2.0
Jul 25, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits. Diverse population (excluding upper management).

Cons

Cronyism, politics, and favoritism displayed from management and HR members. Unfair payment practices (new college grads with BS in engineering making ~15k+ more than others in similar positions who either have a degree in another field or no degree at all, but may have years of experience in manufacturing). Non-anonymous suggestion system that HR responds to with comments that do not address the actual issue (example: Q- "Will a housing allowance be considered to counter the rising rent prices?" A - "We have a year-end bonus for which members may be applicable based on performance."). Lack of salary transparency. Many incompetent individuals in senior positions. Base level employees with engineering degrees are automatically promoted within approx. a year and a half after joining company (a pro if you have an engineering degree). Lack of consistency within methods and systems from area to area (even if procedures are present, most management either does not express that knowledge or just doesn't enforce amongst members). Departmental responsibilities are frequently unclear.

2.0
Jun 2, 2015

Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

4 weeks paid vacation annually, decent medical benefits, tuition assistance, cafeteria & gym on site, freedom to work on different projects

Cons

HR department is a complete joke, if you do reach out to suggest improvements you need to be ready for the repercussions that will follow in the form of gossiping, partial treatment, etc. For example, HR manager actually parks in the visitors lot because rules created by that department do not apply to that department. No room for growth due to a wide and top heavy organization. Levels in a typical department include: Senior Director, Director, Senior Manager, Manager, Supervisr and finally anywhere between 1-10 individuals actually working. The company could save millions if they would take the time to re-structure and cut out the floaters who are waiting it out for retirement. Recent graduates hired as "engineers" do work that could be done by administrative or specialist positions. Pay is lower than similar titles at other companies... but considering majority of engineers do not do engineering work it makes sense to pay less.

3.0
Apr 8, 2015

A good company to work for as a starting point

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Diverse company to work for

Cons

Upward mobility is sometimes non-existent

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