Is Mizuho Financial Group a good company to work for?

Mizuho Financial Group has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 1,435 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 5% over the last 12 months. 73% of employees would recommend working at Mizuho Financial Group to a friend and 78% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Mizuho Financial Group have been left by employees working as Intern , Executive Director and Managing Director .

Does Mizuho Financial Group pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Mizuho Financial Group employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Mizuho Financial Group. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Mizuho Financial Group?

73% of Mizuho Financial Group employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Mizuho Financial Group 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Mizuho Financial Group?

Vice President (101) , Analyst (87) , Associate (78) , Director (54) , Assistant Vice President (29) , Intern (28) , Investment Banking Analyst (25) , Officer (24) , Manager (18) , Managing Director (15) , Executive Director (14) , Associate Director (13) , Credit Analyst (13) , Senior Officer (13) , Senior Vice President (11)

What are the pros of working at Mizuho Financial Group according to real employee reviews?

"Some people are nice and helpful." ((in 110 reviews)); "Work life balance is good for junior to mid level staff" ((in 108 reviews)); "Culture is good for junior" ((in 88 reviews)); "Good benefits and 401k is great" ((in 82 reviews)); "colleagues are friendly and nice" ((in 60 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Mizuho Financial Group according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management, expats are handing thier own works over to the local hires, infights are severe, discrimination happens..." ((in 58 reviews)); "Low salary and lots of tasks." ((in 43 reviews)); "Long hours and hard to get promoted" ((in 33 reviews)); "+ Employees are highly demotivated, as Senior Management has favouritism issue" ((in 29 reviews)); "Expats managers have no idea at all what they are doing but only think of their own benefits." ((in 18 reviews))

What are employees saying about Mizuho Financial Group layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Mizuho Financial Group layoffs and their outlook for job security at Mizuho Financial Group in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Mizuho Financial Group locations?

New York , Jersey City , Los Angeles , San Francisco , Chicago , Midtown New York , Hoboken , Iselin , Harrison , Montclair , Newark , Woodbridge , Brooklyn , New City , Houston , Portland , Boston , Atlanta , Lawrenceville , East Los Angeles , Little Tokyo

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Mizuho Financial Group reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(1,230 total reviews)

Masahiro Kihara

90% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Mizuho Financial Group has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,230 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Mizuho Financial Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0

May 31, 2015

A dead end

Anonymous employee

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Pros

No challenges. Good benefits package.

Cons

Rampant cronyism. The division I worked in, my manager showed favoritism to the young ladies in my division, while I was verbally (and physically) abused on multiple occasions. Coworkers who play office politics. I really was not getting paid enough (less than an entry level intern in most other banks) to justify playing any sort of office politics, but it was the favorite past-time of others in my group. Do not expect to go out for happy hour drinks in this company, it is just not that kind of enviornment.

Mizuho Financial Group Response

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We are proud of our Human Resource (HR) policies for our employees, and the Bank is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Employees who feel that our policies have not been adhered to have immediate recourse to contact HR in a confidential manner. We will follow up with a prompt investigation to resolve the issue.

5.0

Dec 20, 2018

Great Place to Work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Great people to work with and place to develop your career. -Great worklife balance -Growing company

Cons

None that I can think of

Mizuho Financial Group Response

Thank you for your comments. We appreciate you sharing your enthusiasm for working at Mizuho.

1.0

Nov 21, 2018

Sinking ship, don’t go down with it.

Vice president, north america

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

It’s an easy job.

Cons

Working at Mizuho is like environment in the movie Office Space. Endless, pointless paper shuffling is the name of the game there. I had no idea morale could be so low. Also beware of LinkedIn and perhaps Glass Door reviews as the company’s HR (or some similar department) is pushing hard internally for inflated reviews. They are hand selecting people and asking them to write positive things on social media, likely in an effort to inflate the very negative perception of the company. They ask for feedback but it’s widely known that their HR people turn around and tell management that you’ve come to talk to HR, so don’t be surprised to see their HR respond to these reviews that people should have come to talk to them.

Mizuho Financial Group Response

We are disappointed to hear that your experience at Mizuho was not positive. We have shared your comments with the appropriate departments and are taking steps to ensure that other employees do not have the same experience as you. We wish you well in your career and any future endeavors.

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