Ricoh Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"The adminstrative order processing is very inefficient. I spent 60% of my time dealing with tedious paperwork and that left me with little time I can use to focus on selling."

What do you like about working at Ricoh?

"I had a very good sales manager in the past. He taught me how to sell. He has been promoted out."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"show them you can cold call and they will take you in."

What don't you like about working at Ricoh?

"They have terrible territorial problem. Other reps sell into your territory all the time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Less paperwork, more selling."

"Provides additional insight into one's attitude toward their company"

What do you like about working at Ricoh?

"Quality product and R&D"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't do it, to to Ikon"

What don't you like about working at Ricoh?

"Competing against them for business"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"We bought out Ikon,not vice-versa. Give every rep the same commission costs for quoting to be more competitive. Put a full-time manager in my office"

"Fair"

What do you like about working at Ricoh?

"I was able to work out of my Home office 4days a week. via a VPN connection as well as a Special IP direct phone link, that allowed customers to receive and send calls through Ricoh to me."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Good Luck. Ricoh is a fair company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the great work."

"really challenging position at this company. They are an excellent company to work for"

What do you like about working at Ricoh?

"it was a great culture"

What don't you like about working at Ricoh?

"nothing"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"watch your area managers"

What do you like about working at Ricoh?

"Working with customers and team."

What don't you like about working at Ricoh?

"no dislikes"

"If Ricoh wasn't a decent company, I wouldn't have stayed here 20 years."

What do you like about working at Ricoh?

"We provide a very good product and great service to our customers."

What don't you like about working at Ricoh?

"Not enough advancement opportunities."

"Positive company with great growth potential"

What do you like about working at Ricoh?

"Ever changing and growth"

What don't you like about working at Ricoh?

"It's just time to move on and become a rising star in another organization"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get to know your employees"

"Too much turnover and lack of solid comp plan to keep good people"

What do you like about working at Ricoh?

"Initially, great place to work under a fantastic Regional Sales Manager"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Look around first at other organizations in the same business and get everything in writing"

What don't you like about working at Ricoh?

"Too much turnover, poor comp plan, limited client base and opportunity to capture market share and competes with other Ricoh sales organizations that underbid in same deals"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More training and less finger pointing. Poorly led and lacl leading by example. Very short sighted"

"Although a growing and developing market leader with faults, a well run organization."

What do you like about working at Ricoh?

"They stuck to their word on support, territory assignements and were very supportive for unusual sales situtiations. They left me alone and I grew revenues on average 30% annualized. Wish I never left."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared for a wild ride as they grow and become the an industry leader."

What don't you like about working at Ricoh?

"Sudden mirco-management implementation came down from corporate. Local management didn't agree, but had to implement. It has since been softened."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Identigy your key sales people, leave them alone and support them whenever they express a need. Don't try to change behaviors if they are already accomplishing (exceeding) revenue/profit goals."

"It has limits in evaluating my capabilities"

What do you like about working at Ricoh?

"The people"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Go some place else"

What don't you like about working at Ricoh?

"Everything else"

"Right on target!"

What do you like about working at Ricoh?

"Nicest people to work for."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself."

What don't you like about working at Ricoh?

"Not much opportunities for growth."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work!"

"The copier business is shrinking every day."

What do you like about working at Ricoh?

"The salary"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Go to school at night while working there if you can."

What don't you like about working at Ricoh?

"Too many mergers in the copier business now to have any sense of security."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Sell desktop color laser printers for lass than Canon."

"Ok company but had some issues with parts and dispatch system."

What do you like about working at Ricoh?

"Ok pay and some training."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Train people on equipment they are to work on. Don't train them after they have worked on it for a year."

"Do not make the same mistake as I did and work for Ricoh."

What do you like about working at Ricoh?

"It gave me some opportunity where I could cover multiple locations in two different states."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If they make you an offer, go back and ask for 15-20% more. If they refuse to budge, walk away."

What don't you like about working at Ricoh?

"Multiple reasons....the biggest is that senior management was untrustworthy and had no clear cut strategy other than to sell copier equipment and to get their bonus. Employees were treated miserably here."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Your self centered."

"Sales, Sales, Sales!"

What do you like about working at Ricoh?

"The sales training team."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be open minded and ready to sell."

What don't you like about working at Ricoh?

"The fact we were on commission and weren't paid or disclosed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Disclose commission payout and why executives won't get paid on certain deals closed before doing all the work and getting nothing."