DENSO reviews

Japanese company = all key info is in Japan

The company has struggled to reward overachievers financially. Good people stay while great people leave (for more money, title, career path). There is a bamboo ceiling which some will try to break through, but in truth, most Sr Managers or Directors just live with. The Japanese tolerate submissive American managers because the latter don't challenge for the key executive positions held temporarily by Japanese expats. The resulting managerial complacency & incompetency is really sad to see at such a good company. Working with Japanese customers or product teams in Japan will kill your work-life balance simply because of the time zone difference and the daily coordination with Japan required to do a good job. The company tolerates weak performers. Pay is at or below market but that is for job security in down-times. IT is really behind the times because the Japanese mothership is slow to invest in new technologies for workers White collar productivity is really low for a company with such state of the art manufacturing capabilities.