Canon unit shedding more than 1,100 contract jobs: officials
TOKYO (AFP) – More than 1,100 contract workers are losing their jobs at two subsidiaries of Japan's Canon Inc. due to production cutbacks, officials said Friday.
Canon, often hailed as a success story in Japan's recovery from a recession a decade ago, is joining other major Japanese manufacturers that are cutting output and jobs to cope with the global economic downturn.
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Calgary & Montreal Service Centres to be closed?
I received an email from a reader that both locations would be closed in cost cutting for Canon Canada. That would leave Mississauga to fix everything. I cannot find any official word on the topic.
I'll poke around.
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And yes it was worth the wait! I am super psyched about shooting video, it looks amazing.
As if Mississauga wasn’t slow enough. :-(
I took an XT in there with a red pixel (bizarre) and it took them 90 days to get me the fixed camera back. I can’t imagine this is going to help.
To answer Hex’s question: YES, all the major camera manufacturers are cutting jobs.
Nikon cut 1500 jobs: http://in.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idINBKK42440020081122
Sony cut 8000 jobs: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/12/09/sony.layoffs/index.html
Alert!!! Alert!!! Alert!!! Alert!!! Alert!!! Alert!!!
Attention to all Montreal Canon users. Canon Montreal will be moving its operation to Toronto in the coming months So goodbye Canon and Hello Nikon. I had it with this. Mississauga Canon is going to be the HQ in Canada, Time to jump ship.
Kiss goodbye to Canon
I agree with Ramon’s viewpoint regarding Canon Mississauga. Their services are horrible compared to Canon Montreal. What a disappointment. Sigh.