Terrible Business Model - Anonymous employee Ricoh Employee Review

2.0
Dec 28, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

You get a lot of paid time off right off the bat. For the most part, a laid back work environment.

Cons

Pay is too low. Merit review system for giving people raises is pathetic, especially because it makes it hard to impossible for the company to retain good to excellent workers on merit. The business model--which involves selling the customer services on a cases by case basis but not retaining the control over all the tools the company needs to provide those services... Can really screw people at certain sites. It's as if you were a plumber, but every house you go to you let the customer decide what tools they ate going to let you use to put in their water heater.

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5.0
Feb 7, 2026
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Pros

Strategic Shift: It’s an exciting time to be here as the company pivots toward IT Services and Digital Workspace solutions. Global Reach: Opportunities to collaborate with teams in Japan, Europe, and across the Americas. Stability: Even during market shifts, the company is financially grounded.

Cons

Legacy Mindset: You will occasionally run into "we've always done it this way" from long-tenured employees. Siloed Departments: Communication between the hardware side and the new digital services side could be smoother.

3.0
May 26, 2026
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Pros

• Decent pay • Great benifits • Car allowance/reimbursement for a personal vehicle and depreciation • The ability to travel and build relationships with customers • Learning mechanical and electrical skills • Independence and teamwork

Cons

• They just started enforcing the new commute policy which requires technicians to now give the company an hour of their time to and from work, if the customer is that distance away from their home at the beginning or end of day. Ultimately stealing up to 2 hours from the technician every single day and effectively punishing you for living so far away from a customer site. • Always coming with new ways to screw over technicians. They also just implemented new metrics that contribute to or take away from your bonus. • Sales reps usually always get the wrong equipment delivered to a customer and you have to be the one to deal with a screwed up mess • Lack of communication between sales/deliveries/management

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