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?

"good work life balance not like to fast moving companies" ((in 111 reviews)); "Some people are nice and helpful." ((in 106 reviews)); "Great group and culture." ((in 91 reviews)); "Good benefits and 401k is great" ((in 85 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 lots of tasks." ((in 46 reviews)); "Long hours and very demanding" ((in 31 reviews)); "+ Employees are highly demotivated, as Senior Management has favouritism issue" ((in 30 reviews)); "Expats managers have no idea at all what they are doing but only think of their own benefits." ((in 19 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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2.0

Feb 18, 2017

Dysfunctional

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Pay and benefits are decent. Only real incentive to stay

Cons

No real org structure. Very Autocratic. Job roles undefined. No real Technology strategy. No significant movement in stock price for a longtime. Long work days as people seem to be putting out fires most of the time. In my experience it was hard to engage with senior folks.

Mizuho Financial Group Response

Thank you for your comments. We are sorry you did not have a better experience. The Bank does, however, have a generous employee referral program which is actively used and a good source for candidates.

2.0

Sep 25, 2014

Know what you're looking for

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There is job security, but that also means slow growth.

Cons

The software and general practices in the U.S. branches make you feel like you're in the Feudal Age.

3.0

Jan 20, 2023

A great company, but politics can prevent you

Vice president - technology

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Mizuho is a great company and I have made a lot of great professional connections that have turned out to be good friends of mine. Overall the benefits, the pay and the bonuses are all top notch. I also had a fairly good experience dealing with management across the board. It was a fairly good experience for 3.5 years.

Cons

Politics. With the merging and consolidation that is occurring, it really depends on who's team you are in terms of your success. Unfortunately I was handcuffed being in a team and then when a reorg happened, still known as being linked to that team. While I made headway with many different groups across the company based on my abilities, I was blocked from progressing on where I wanted to really go and others as well. When you promise that folks are going to become technologists, don't have them do endless amounts of PowerPoint and turn them into your personal admins.

Mizuho Financial Group Response

We appreciate your feedback and will forward your comments to the appropriate department for review.

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