Workplace Filled with the Energy of Young People with an Average Age of 23
Every year, we conduct companywide fire evacuation drills in November. Through the drills, employees learn not only how to escape in case of fire but also how to use fire extinguishers and fire hydrants.
Company rules and regulations, the welfare program, and the proper way to work are compiled in an employee manual (left) and delivered to each employee. In addition, we have prepared a guidebook for business travelers (right) so that they can quickly familiarize themselves to the environment.
The quarterly issued company magazine, GUANGZHISHEN, introduces the corporate culture and in-house movement.
At Olympus Guangzhou, we mainly manufacture digital cameras, film cameras, and voice recorders. Among its approximate 4,000
employees, there are only seven Japanese employees working for the company. Thus, Olympus Guangzhou is essentially run by local
employees. Furthermore, most employees are very young (the average age of all employees is 23), and most of them are females. The above
mentioned six S's are regarded as a matter of course in Japan. In China, however, we found it very important to provide training on
the six S's to our employees as a basic rule in learning about manufacturing products.
In 2005, more than 3,600 employees participated in not only training on the six S's but also other training sessions dealing with the
history and future of Olympus. These training sessions were recorded on video and distributed to new employees on CDs.
In addition, the company issues GUANGZHISHEN, its in-house magazine, and provides employees with the latest information about
Olympus Group and Olympus Guangzhou over the intranet so that they can hold more meaningful exchanges with each other, express their
concerns about company life to each other, and use the information for self-development.
We think that smooth internal communication is quite important because we have a large family of about 4,000 employees.
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