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?

"Work life balance is good for junior to mid level staff" ((in 110 reviews)); "Some people are nice and helpful." ((in 110 reviews)); "Great group and culture." ((in 92 reviews)); "Good benefits and 401k is great" ((in 84 reviews)); "colleagues are friendly and nice" ((in 63 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 60 reviews)); "Low salary and compensation compared to other companies in the same industry." ((in 50 reviews)); "Long hours and hard to get promoted" ((in 32 reviews)); "+ Employees are highly demotivated, as Senior Management has favouritism issue" ((in 31 reviews)); "Expats managers have no idea at all what they are doing but only think of their own benefits." ((in 20 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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1K reviews

1.0

Jun 1, 2010

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Associate

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Pros

New carpet at the entry Improving your japanese if you speak it Close to St Paul (though I have no windows) Free coffee

Cons

I have a dead end job, you need to play politics to be promoted, there is absolutely no communication with senior management (maybe if you speak japanese you may get a few words), non japanese and non directors were the one to be laid off in 2009. No much future for Mizuho I am afraid. A big corporation paralysed by its own bureaucracy. Frozen salaries since 07 (for the lucky ones like me not fired). Don't join Mizuho honestly

3.0

May 13, 2010

good one

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good place to learn and work

Cons

not really an international bank

2.0

Apr 25, 2010

Tipical Japanese culture, live for work... Very inefficient.

Associate director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good HR effort and very polite to employee.

Cons

No career opportunities in the future. Very less international opportunity for local hires.

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good one

Tipical Japanese culture, live for work... Very inefficient.

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