Creating a Fulfilling Workplace

To enhance job satisfaction, we require a work environment where each employee can develop a career vision based on the values they cherish, pursue continuous growth to fulfill that vision, experience the joy of working at FANUC, and maximize their abilities.
As a mechanism to support individual career development and growth, we are currently working to create opportunities for workplace dialogue between supervisors and subordinates. We have also introduced an internal recruitment system to match departments that recruit personnel with employees who plan to achieve their career goals.
In addition, through our annual engagement surveys, we are continuously engaged in efforts to improve organizational issues to create a workplace where each employee works with enthusiasm.

Initiatives at FANUC CORPORATION

Career Development Support

We are working to create opportunities for dialogue between supervisors and subordinates in order to support the career development of each one of our employees. We provide training for supervisors to improve their management and leadership skills, conveying the importance of supporting the growth of their subordinates through interactive dialogue, as well as to acquire skills and knowledge that can be utilized in dialogue situations with subordinates. For subordinates, we provide "young employee training" to implement growth plans based on values they cherish, as well as "mid-career employee training" to pursue areas of specialization as professionals. These trainings convey the concept of developing one’s career vision through self-awareness assessment. In FY2024, we have conducted one-on-one interviews for executive employees and administrative and technical staff. We are committed to establishing a mechanism where regular dialogues between supervisors and subordinates help employees understand their expected roles, which also provide a platform for employees to communicate with their supervisors about how they intend to realize their career visions through their work efforts and receive support from them.

Internal Recruitment

We conduct internal recruitment where departments in need of new human resources clarify the requirements they are seeking and recruit personnel internally. With this system in place, employees are encouraged to take on new challenges to achieve their own career goals, thereby revitalizing the organization and enhancing individual motivation.

Engagement Survey

Every year, we conduct an "Engagement Survey". Each organization uses the results of the survey to identify organizational issues and implements countermeasures in a PDCA cycle to consistently improve the workplace environment and enhance employee job satisfaction.

Award Programs

On July 1 every year, at the Anniversary of Foundation Ceremony, FANUC presents awards to groups and individual employees who have made significant contributions to the Company’s business performance or who have undertaken outstanding activities that serve as a model for others. Other awards include those for employees who have created patented inventions and other inventions that are beneficial to our business.
In 2023, we presented the Special Achievement Award, Achievement Award, Invention Award, and Outstanding Safety Workplace Award.
The awardees received a certificate of commendation and cash reward, and the Special Achievement Award recipient was also presented with a medal.
The Special Achievement Award and Achievement Award are often given to teams that cross business divisions and administration divisions, signifying the practice of “one FANUC”.
The Outstanding Safety Team Award was presented to teams that achieved remarkable results in the elimination of occupational accidents.

As for services, at the annual Global Service Conference, we present awards to the top service personnel from all over the world who have provided excellent service in the past year. In 2024, we presented awards to 13 individuals or groups from 11 companies.

We also have an award system for sales, and each month we select top salespeople who have achieved remarkable results, and publicize their achievements and comments on the company portal site in Japan and overseas.

In addition, employees and teams in the sales engineering and support divisions who are not directly involved in sales are also recognized as top sales support personnel at the FANUC Global Conference held each year.

Initiatives at FANUC America Corporation

In today’s ever competitive market, FANUC America continues to take immense pride in our employees recognizing the company as a Top Workplace. In 2024, we received the Top Workplaces USA award for the fourth year in a row. Top Workplaces is a nationally recognized award throughout the United States that includes regional and national-level programs, plus industry and culture excellence awards. This award celebrates nationally recognized companies who make the world a b etter p lace a nd work together by p rioritizing a p eople-centered culture and giving employees a voice. Annually, FANUC America participates in the Detroit and Chicago regional employee feedback surveys, completed by the employees of participating workplaces. In 2023, FANUC America received the Detroit award for the 12th consecutive year, and the Chicago award for the 6th consecutive year. Additionally, FANUC America has received the Top Workplaces USA Award for the 4th consecutive year. For all of these awards, FANUC America has won every year that it has participated.

One of the reasons for this success is that FANUC America continues to focus on employee engagement and is using the Gallup Employee Engagement survey for the 3rd year in a row. In 2024, FANUC America again achieved an 86% participation rate with its employees. Employee engagement refers to the level of enthusiasm and dedication a worker feels toward their job. Engaged employees are motivated, passionate, and committed to their work, which and leads to higher productivity and better performance. Employee engagement continues to be a central component of our corporate strategy including attracting critical talent, talent management, talent development, employee empowerment and retention. Through the results of the Gallup Employee Engagement Survey and the manager tools provided, we can better incorporate employee feedback into all aspects of the employee experience allowing us to continually improve through action planning and ongoing feedback. The Gallup tools allow managers to track and build on action plans throughout the year. Actions included providing employees with new and improved tools to do their jobs, more training opportunities, and career development opportunities. In addition, our results are benchmarked against the significant pool of Gallup data.

A significant initiative that FANUC America is very proud of is the creation of the Women’s Resource Group. The mission of the Women’s Resource Group is to ensure FANUC America remains an Employer of Choice by supporting a culture where all employees feel connected, valued, encouraged, engaged and empowered. The group is dedicated to encouraging women to achieve their full potential by providing opportunities to network, build leadership skills, positively impact the community, and develop and evolve personally and professionally. The Women’s Resource Group’s focuses on three pillars, Recruitment & Retention, Personal and Professional Development and Community Outreach. Since the inception the WRG has championed numerous events including: diversity recruiting events, professional networking events, professional development panels with guest speakers, men’s health awareness month events, charity golf outings, toy drives for underprivileged children, canned food drives, and more. In addition to the events championed by the WRG, they have also launched the Peer Onboarding Program which was created to ensure a positive and effective onboarding experience for new hires, as well as provide developmental opportunities to current employees. The Peer Onboarding Program Supports the WRG’s initiatives of Recruitment & Retention and Personal & Professional Development. The WRG carefully matches New Employees to approved Peer Advisors upon receiving the New Employee’s application. Once matched, the Peer Advisor will contact the New Employee to schedule meetings and the program will begin. The program will last for the remainder of the New Employee’s first year of employment, and both the Peer Advisor and New Employee will be required to complete feedback forms following each of their meetings to track program progress. New employees are encouraged to apply to take part in the program within their first two weeks of starting. The feedback from the Peer Advisors and the New Employees has been extremely positive.

In recognition of all the efforts of the Women’s Resource Group FANUC America was awarded the Global DE&I Champion of the Year award by Ward’s Autotech and Women Automotive Network. This award honors a multinational company that has exhibited outstanding dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives on a global scale, fostering an inclusive workplace culture and driving meaningful change within the industry.

Also in 2023-2024, FANUC America initiated a culture journey where we redefined our mission, values, and beliefs. We polled a cross-section of our employees to ask them about what FANUC means to them. This project led to a statement of our mission as “Transforming the World Through Automation.” Additionally, we identified our values as People, Respect, Integrity, Dedication, and Excellence, or PRIDE. We viewed this as another step in respecting and engaging our employees so that they feel the PRIDE in being a part of FANUC.

FANUC America believes in supporting and promoting employee initiatives that will support the attraction and retention of talent, foster and develop our people, increase employee engagement, drive employee empowerment, and demonstrate to our employees that they are our most valuable resource. Our employees are the cornerstone of our ongoing success.