Hitachi Reviews

Pros

Great company with a small town feel. Very few layers of management making decisions much quicker. Excellent support staff and employees.

Cons

Sometimes difficult to compete with larger companies as most employees tend to be jacks of all trade. Many times doing more with less.

Advice to Senior Management

Many employees in the field throughout the country. Keep in mind that support from the corporate office is equally important outside.

Pros

1.stable
2.opportunities to work in big project
3.well structured
4.competent employees
5.good welfare
6.good education system

Cons

1.too traditional
2.too conservative
3.ambiguous organization
4.few leaderships
5.very bad balance of work and life.

Advice to Senior Management

I suggest that Hitachi change president to a experienced foreigner to be become a truly global company and Hitachi lay off a lot of senior employees who do not contribute to Hitachi.

Pros

Great team spirit demonstrated.
Nice working environment in general.

Cons

Too much red tape involved.

Advice to Senior Management

Should try to offer more career advancement paths for the employees.

Pros

Large company with average benefits

Cons

Management is poor and unqualified

Advice to Senior Management

Replace IA VP and Director of HDS with professionals who know more about the function

Pros

plenty of freedom at work. salary is average. a lot of chances to get to travel to different sites around the world

Cons

management is a joke. there is no opportunity to grow within the company. the company does not value their employees

Advice to Senior Management

i don't know where to start with.

Pros

Good for entry level. Include transport allowance.

Cons

Slow-paced, many approval needed to complete an application. The Japanese management don't trust anyone except you are one of a kind of them. Increment and pay low.

Advice to Senior Management

Restructure the culture or else you won't retain top performing staff.

Pros

People-oriented, stable, lifetime employment, friendly environment

Cons

Domestic, hierachical, sometimes too cautious in decision making

Advice to Senior Management

Speed up globalization

Pros

Well organized, competent management.
Excellent training.
High business ethics.
Strong company culture and company image.
Well defined work process but sometimes too many reports.
Respect collegues and have good overall working relationship.
Conservative, quality oriented.

Cons

Risk-adverse, may miss some opportunities.
Too heiarchal, all decisions must go through Japan.
Some business processes to complicated and slow.

Advice to Senior Management

How can we innovate more and develop faster? Today's market demand faster response.

Pros

The working environment at Hitachi Asia Ltd is very pleasant - people are genuinely friendly, and there is minimal office politics. The company is also generous with training opportunities and believes in making investments to groom its talents. The company also displays strong values of caring for the social community.

Cons

The compensation package at Hitachi Asia Ltd is considerably low, compared to similar positions in the market.
There is also a lack of management transparency and communication is not done very effectively.
Talents are also discouraged by the career progression ceiling as top management is mostly japanese

Advice to Senior Management

Be more generous with compensation - critical for talent retention
Be more transparent about plans and management decisions - good communication is critical for performance

Pros

Good benefits, not real competitive

Cons

Terrible Management, not too great of compensation

Advice to Senior Management

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