Pros
- Good to get visa and come to Japan. - Lots of foreigner from everywhere with interesting ideas and different approach. - You are very productive wherever you come from, compared to the overall outcome. - No way to fire you. - No need to do overtime as you must be a long term (Japanese) employee and to get promoted. - Free lunch (if you don't understand that with a small raise you would get better food anywhere outside)
Cons
- Approaching modern technologies with an old mindset. - Global doesn't mean "hire foreigners so that looks cool and they even speak English" ... - Salary benefits are low compared to the city standards. Ridiculous raises. - "Bonus" is a differed salary that is turned more and more into stock options (frozen for 5 years). - Performance bonus does not depend on performance and is decided by HR, not manager - Passion to just stay hours in office doing nothing. Useless meetings - Childish culture, values are just slogan. Continuous propaganda on TVs through RNN. - No wish to retain talents, if you are smart you will leave. Guess who stayed.