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. Starting in FY2023, we have been conducting one-on-one interviews for executives. 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.

Initiatives at FANUC America Corporation

FANUC America takes great pride in being an employer of choice and knows that its employees are its most valuable assets. With the significant changes that have been seen in the employment market, trends in attracting talent, recruitment initiatives, increased employee expectations, and the growth and expansion FANUC America has seen in the past couple of years, we felt it was important to elevate our efforts related to employee engagement. Therefore, in August, 2022, we decided to move from a traditional employee survey to the using the gold standard, the Gallup Employee Engagement Survey. We launched the Employee Engagement survey to FANUC America employees and accomplished 80% employee participation. Employee engagement is a foundational component to workplace outcomes and have a direct link to employee wellbeing, manager development, and overall organizational performance. This evolved approach will help us to make employee engagement a central part of our corporate strategy including attracting talent, onboarding, managing performance, 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. In addition, our results are benchmarked against the significant pool of Gallup data. We plan to conduct the survey again in August, 2023, to monitor our development and progress.

In addition to our annual Employee Engagement survey, FANUC America also participates in the Top Workplaces annual employee feedback survey. 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 better place and work together by prioritizing a people-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 2022, FANUC America received the Detroit award for the 11th consecutive year, and the Chicago award for the 5th consecutive year. Additionally, FANUC America received the new Top Workplaces USA Award.

With the feedback from both of these surveys, FANUC America continues to promote initiatives to engage, empower, and develop employees and attract new talent. This past year, we are proud that our employees started our first employee resource group, the Women’s Resource Group (WRG), that now has more than 200 members. The WRG has led the way for additional groups to form in the future that will allow employees to better engage, interact and develop. We also have continued to invest in new training, recognition, employee benefits, and employee technology in response to our employees’ feedback. In all of these areas, FANUC America will continue to prioritize our employees and show them how important they are.