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Canon's compensation scheme is too generous, which is said to be "malicious compensation"

Canon's compensation scheme is too generous and is called "malicious compensation". With the development of smart phones, the market scale of small digital cameras is different from before. The impact of the epidemic and the shortage of chips also made the operation of Canon Zhuhai factory unsustainable. Canon's compensation scheme is too generous and is called "malicious compensation".

Canon's compensation scheme is too generous, and it was reported as "malicious compensation" 1. Some time ago, Canon announced the closure of the Zhuhai factory, which has been in operation for 32 years, causing network concern. What attracts people's attention is Canon Zhuhai's generous economic compensation for employees.

According to Canon Zhuhai's announcement, the compensation is divided into five parts: economic compensation, special solatium, employment assistance, commemorative bonus and consolation money during the Spring Festival.

With regard to the economic compensation for enterprises to terminate labor contracts, the calculation standard stipulated in the Labor Contract Law is that if the average monthly salary of employees is three times higher than that of local society, the upper limit is three times, and the longest length of service is 12 years. However, Canon Zhuhai did not set this upper limit in this preferential scheme.

This compensation has gained a lot of praise, and some netizens commented that it is a model of "happy breakup". However, there are also different voices, calling it "malicious compensation", deliberately raising the compensation standard of domestic enterprises and "disrupting" the market environment. It seems that Canon is up to no good. For a time, the argument of "malicious compensation" spread widely, but this argument against common sense is obviously untenable.

Under the condition of market economy, it is normal for enterprises to rise and fall. Because of the impact of smart phones on the card camera market, Canon chose to close the Zhuhai factory based on the market choice and operating conditions, and the generous compensation was also Canon's voluntary "decent resignation".

Canon's compensation standard may be higher than the legal standard, but it is not difficult to understand. The bottom line is stipulated by law, and enterprises add more weight to themselves on this standard. The reason may be diversified, or it may be because of corporate culture or strong financial resources. Of course, it is also utilitarian to think about it, and it is also possible to get long-term returns by shaping corporate reputation and corporate image.

But in any case, the enterprise is better for employees, and the two sides broke up peacefully, which is worth encouraging. It is obviously inappropriate to judge Canon's severance payment by "killing the heart". People are connected and the reason is the same. If you replace a departing employee with yourself, who doesn't want enough compensation for his work and who doesn't want more sense of security?

Objectively speaking, Canon's compensation standard is indeed higher than that of its peers, which may cause certain "pressure" to other enterprises. But don't worry, Canon volunteered, but it won't and can't force other companies to "copy their homework".

In fact, China's laws and regulations on economic compensation for workers are very detailed, and the calculated amount is not low. A considerable number of laws and regulations are biased towards protecting the rights and interests of workers.

For example, if an employee has worked in the company for more than six months but less than one year when he resigns, it will be counted as one year; If it is less than six months, economic compensation for half a month's salary shall be paid to the workers. It is more beneficial to workers.

If the enterprise can fully compensate according to law, even without Canon's generosity, it is also a corporate responsibility and equally decent.

Therefore, the public should be happy to see Canon's performance, and slander is obviously not an appropriate judging gesture. At the same time, the incident is also a reminder that Canon's compensation is beyond the law. It is not that enterprises with different conditions and financial resources are required to reach super-high standards, but to focus on the word "legal provisions". These four words are the bottom line requirements that enterprises must not break through.

Canon's compensation scheme is so generous that it is called "malicious compensation". We didn't do anything wrong, but somehow, we lost. This sentence by Jorma-Jaakko-Ollila, the former CEO of Nokia, is regarded as a classic. Whenever a company becomes a "tear of the times", it will always be mentioned.

20 12, Kodak went bankrupt; Today, ten years later, history repeats itself, and the news that Canon Zhuhai factory has stopped production is full of noise. They didn't lose to anyone, maybe they just lost to the era of rolling forward.

Now, Kodak enters medicine with its chemical strength; Canon and Sony intend to seize the opportunity on the self-driving car body through the lens. Will they have a bright future if they are frozen forever?

First iteration

The story of freezing eternity began more than 100 years ago. 1889, Eastman Kodak came into being under the trend that gelatin dry printing replaced wet printing photography.

After each step, Kodak walked steadily from Browning box camera to fool camera to krom film. Founder george eastman proudly said, "You just press the button and we'll do the rest."

The last 20 years of the 20th century was moderns of Kodak. 1996, Kodak's annual turnover reached160 billion US dollars, and its net profit exceeded 2.5 billion US dollars, making it the fourth most valuable brand in the world.

In 2002, even after a hundred years, Kodak still retained the title of film overlord, with a global turnover of $654.38+0.28 billion and a total of about 70,000 employees.

But ten years later, the situation is no longer.

In the new century, under the general trend of digital cameras replacing film, Kodak has reached the last step. 20 12 65438+ 10/0/9, new york, USA, Kodak filed for bankruptcy protection according to the bankruptcy law. Documents at that time showed that Kodak's existing assets were $5 1 billion, but its debt was $6.8 billion.

In the same year that Kodak went bankrupt, Canon's turnover reached 3,479.7 billion yen, equivalent to about 40 billion dollars at that time, ranking 224th in the Fortune 500 in 20 12. The background at that time was that after the European debt crisis, the global economic downturn led to the first decline in sales and profits of Canon in three years.

At that time, Light of Time already belonged to this company founded in 1937. With a 35mm lens shutter and a 35mm SLR camera Canonflex, Canon stood out in the middle and late 20th century.

In line with the tide of mechanical manufacturing and electronic technology, in the mid-1980s, Canon put the AF SLR camera with its own characteristics on the market, and EOS system created a new era of SLR cameras.

198 9, when Kodak was born 100 years later, Canon had launched the top EOS series "EOS- 1", which was praised by professional photographers for its image quality, high-speed focusing and continuous shooting functions.

After years of accumulation, it finally broke out at the beginning of the new century. In 2006, Canon shipped 6.069 million cameras in the American camera market, officially surpassing Kodak and becoming the new dominant player with a market share of 20%.

At the end of the first decade, the global sales of digital cameras reached its peak, with annual sales exceeding 654.38+0.2 billion units.

Ten years, ten years

The changes of the times will not let go of any company. Ten years later, it was Canon's turn.

65438+1October1May, 2022 was originally the 32nd anniversary of Canon Zhuhai Co., Ltd. But before that, the online announcement showed that Canon Zhuhai Co., Ltd. officially announced that it would terminate its production on June 65438+1October 12, 2022.

From the legal financial compensation to the special solatium, the generous compensation scheme given by Canon Zhuhai has been widely circulated on social platforms and ridiculed as "get together and leave".

I am still very touched, but the market is ruthless.

As an important production base of Canon in China, Canon Zhuhai Co., Ltd. is the first Fortune 500 enterprise to enter Zhuhai. Its card digital cameras once occupied half of Canon's global sales of card digital cameras, with an annual output of 20 million units.

It is all over now. In 2020, Canon Zhuhai will actually produce 6.5438+0.229 million lenses, 6.5438+0.029 million digital cameras and 94,000 digital cameras.

Canon's retreat in Zhuhai is only a microcosm, and its decline has already appeared several years ago. 20 17-20 19 the turnover of imaging system products with cameras, lenses and imaging equipment as the core is109965438+300 million yen, 970.44 billion yen and 8074/kloc-0 million yen respectively. By 2020, this figure will only be 54 1, 3 1 billion yen, or about 30 1 billion yuan.

Regarding the reasons for the suspension of production, Canon said that with the development of smart phones, the market size of small digital cameras is different from before. The impact of the epidemic and the shortage of chips also made the operation of Zhuhai factory unsustainable. With consumption upgrading and industrial upgrading, Canon needs to make adjustments according to market changes.

Canon defeated Kodak, and everyone knows what defeated Canon. 20 17, the production of digital cameras and digital camera accessories of Nikon Optical Instruments (China) Co., Ltd. came to an end. For the reason, Nikon said that due to the rise of smart phones, the small digital camera market is shrinking rapidly, and the operating rate has also dropped sharply, making it difficult to continue operations.

The data is even more direct and cruel. According to the market research company Counterpoint Research, in 20 1 1 year, the global smartphone shipments will be 52 1 100 million units, and by 2020, this number will be 13.3 1 100 million units. In the same year, the global shipment of digital cameras was less than 6,543,800,000, and that of SLR cameras was 2,370,000, down by 47%, and the signal was obvious enough.

The ship turned around.

After ten years, the new hegemon rises and falls.

Public opinion is always embarrassed about the collapse of giants. For example, the fall of Nokia, some people say that it is infatuated with Saipan and rejects Android; Kodak fell, and some people said that they were afraid of fighting with each other and rejected digital cameras. In the final analysis, they all missed the new offer handed over by the times.

Yin Jian is not far away, in Xia Hou's world. As for Canon and Nikon, contraction and transformation are necessary. Fujio, chairman and CEO of Canon, has long said that the output of Canon digital cameras will be halved in the next two years, and will gradually turn to the professional market after the output bottoms out.

Canon's focus on office supplies and medical imaging has changed. In the third quarter of 20021,Canon's turnover was 833.3 billion yen, of which printing business was 459.2 billion yen, accounting for about 55%, imaging business was153.8 billion yen, accounting for about 18%, and the turnover of medical services, industrial equipment and other product business areas was100.

The latest news shows that Canon is trying to share autonomous driving. After the Zhuhai factory was closed, it was reported that Canon recently announced that it had signed a memorandum of cooperation with Tier IV, an autonomous driving company, to jointly develop L4 autonomous driving technology and related car camera products, and put them on Tier IV's self-driving car for testing.

L4 level is already the automatic driving level where the driver can leave the steering wheel with both hands.

Nikon made a similar choice. In 20 18, Nikon invested $25 million in Lidar Verdun, and cooperated with it to develop sensor components and scanners, which is expected to set foot in self-driving cars. Last year, Nikon's circle of friends added Aeva, a perception system manufacturer, which received investment from Porsche and cooperated with auto companies such as Tucson Future.

Although the necessity of transformation is not as strong as Canon and Nikon, Sony, also a camera giant, has taken a fancy to the self-driving track. At the CES 2022 (International Consumer Electronics Show) at the beginning of 5438+ 10, Sony Group CEO Kenichiro Yoshida announced that Sony will set up a department responsible for pure electric vehicles-Sony Mobile this spring.

At the exhibition, Sony also brought a brand-new pure electric SUV-Vision-S 02 concept car to show its determination.

As for Kodak, which has fallen behind for a long time, it seems to have found its own new direction. In July, 2020, Kodak obtained a loan of $765 million from the US federal government to produce some APIs, including those aimed at COVID-19. At that time, Jim Continenza, CEO of Kodak, said that the new business unit is expected to create hundreds of jobs in the United States, and it is expected that the production of pharmaceutical raw materials will account for 30%-40% of Kodak's business in the future.

Kodak's old rival fujifilm changed earlier. As early as 2009, Fuji acquired Benfushan Chemical Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., which developed the influenza drug "Farpiravir". During the epidemic, Farpiravir once became a popular anti-epidemic drug.

Whether it is film or digital camera, in the new era when the tuyere changes faster and faster, nothing is eternal, even if it is frozen, it is only once. Such as Kodak and Canon, as long as they find themselves again, they are not completely lost to the times.

Canon's compensation plan was too generous and was reported as "malicious compensation". Previously, Canon's closure of some production lines in Zhuhai factory received a lot of attention on the Internet. Canon said that due to the sharp downturn in the global camera market in recent years, the company plans to close the production line of digital cameras. After the production line is closed, some workers will definitely be laid off. To this end, Canon announced an unlimited "N+ 1" compensation scheme. This compensation has gained a lot of praise, but there are also different voices.

Canon was vilified and deliberately raised the compensation standard of domestic enterprises.

Some people say that Canon is "malicious compensation", deliberately raising the compensation standard of domestic enterprises and "disrupting" the market environment, which seems malicious. For a time, the argument of "malicious compensation" was widely circulated.

According to Canon's compensation plan, compensation is divided into five parts, namely: economic compensation N+ 1 (there is no upper limit on the length of service); Special solatium; Employment support fund; Remember the bonus; Solatium during the Spring Festival: the travel expenses for visiting relatives 1000 yuan, and the red envelope for the Spring Festival 1000 yuan, which is very good. Some media said that Canon's statement of "hostility" is obviously untenable, but objectively speaking, Canon's compensation standard is indeed higher than that of its peers, which may cause certain "pressure" to other enterprises.

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Canon Zhuhai Company was founded in 1990 and has been operating continuously for 32 years. Its products mainly include lenses, digital cameras and digital video cameras. Since the establishment of the factory, Canon Zhuhai Co., Ltd. has successively won the "AEO" certification from the Customs and the "Golden Fisherwoman" award from the 30th anniversary of Zhuhai Association of Foreign-invested Enterprises.