Canon

Too technical and less generic skills that are applicable to other companies other than competitors.

Lack of progression outside of London or HQ.

not a lot of opportunity to grow, dont stay long

Male gets promoted faster than women

Pay extremely low and they knew it but don't improve it.

Business is sun setting so not suitable for goal getter

Some management, unethical and bias

Leaders are followers here, no room for creativity in setting strong marketing strategies. Lack of marketing creativity. Top mgmt select the wrong people to lead and does not retain talented ones that really knows how to work, talented staff does not get promotion when deserve. Must wait 2 years to be considered for promotion, depends on work contributed to the numbers. Chosen promoted leaders are based on tenure and flattery skills. Shortchange on VB to those who scored very well in KPI or worked hard to achieve more than what was expected in the year due to “bell curve” and “not your turn yet” attitude. Does not care on skillsets, as long as you are known for flattery, working late and sending emails at night to show you are hard working. Leaders have no idea how to optimize and fully use Cloud tech in MS365.

The hectic, japanese culture. Overtime becomes the norm

No life balance. Working hours from 7:30 to 22:30 on average. Senior management poor both in terms of business and of soft skills. The culture there is not about work a lot but more about pretend to work a lot by doing no sense hours.