Pros
- Good Job security - Decent Pay
Cons
- Japanese work culture, heavily reliant on outdated philosophies and strict deadlines. If you don't stay 1-2 hours extra every day, you will be excluded from any bonuses or promotions. - Very difficult to be part of the team if you are not Japanese / don't speak Japanese. I've had managers talk trash in my face in Japanese, and I was not able to find out until another employee who understood Japanese was nice enough to tell me. Culture is non welcoming to western ideals and attitudes. - Non existent pipeline. If you are relatively new in your career. DO NOT WORK HERE!!! Essentially no trainings and expected to learn and facilitate designs with minimum trainings. If you make errors, company has no problem in public shaming you. - Outdated technology and designs. Very difficult to introduce change and explore new engineering practices. Company recycles same designs from the 1990's and your job will be just to support that. Extremely resistant to change. - Cult like philosophy readings. Every Friday you must read sections from the company philosophy book as a group. Comes across as strange, but if you pay attention to the dialogue, it's just justification for their terrible work culture. - Met many people who felt the same as me, but were afraid to speak out due to management. Only stayed in the toxic environment for the paycheck. Very high turnover rate.