Nomura Holdings Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Nomura Holdings

Pros – On the job training was terrific. Everyone was very friendly and willing to answer your questions. I could just walk into the Director's office and ask a question at any time. Very good interaction with people from other departments as well.

Cons – The summer internship program was not very structured. We had a few events (networking, visit to Fed, exchanges, etc) but that was it, nothing really exciting. The firm could improve on formal training, and networking events for interns.

Advice to Senior Management – Better review and discussion of full time job at the at of the internship. Right now, it's not part of the procedure.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Nomura Holdings

Pros – Cash compensation is a plus. No weekend work - not looked down upon, just indifference. Willingness to take risk until things go wrong.

Cons – Low ego requirements to function well. A little bit of a culture shock for non-Japanese. Different style than US firms.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to consider the problems of business vs. risk well enough from a distribution and principaling of risk perspective. Need to expand development resources in the area of securitization.

Former Employee – worked at Nomura Holdings

Pros – Good Pay, opportunity for advancement

Cons – Cultural barriers, politics, inertia, lack of articulated strategy

Advice to Senior Management – Understand that you are a global, not just Japanese, firm and act like it

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Nomura Holdings

Pros – A lot of my colleagues are great people and they made the place tolerable. Compensation is good.

Cons – No advancement for gaijin. Very lacking in communication. There are 2 cultures at the company, one Japanese and everyone else. The Japanese are at work very long hours but little work comes from them. It is almost impossible to get anything done on Global scale because Tokyo blocks or is exempted from almost everything. Some smart people who usually leave very frustrated.

Advice to Senior Management – Tokyo is not always right. Good Ideas come from everywhere and it would be wise to heed all ideas. Being at work and working are 2 different things. More communication to all employees is a good idea. Direction is key to good work.

Current Employee – been working at Nomura Holdings

Pros – Great benefits, challenging and interesting work

Cons – Not always enough training provided

Advice to Senior Management – Provide more training for new employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Nomura Holdings full-time for more than a year

Pros – Colleagues are generally easy to get along with.

Cons – Processes and systems are backward. Decison making is slow.

Advice to Senior Management – Be more forward thinking and if youreally want to advocate work-life balance, please practise it.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Nomura Holdings full-time for more than a year

Pros – work culture is really great

Cons – Compensation is bit less than many companies of the same field.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Nomura Holdings full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – great work life balance. If you are proactive enough then no one will stop you from getting good work.

Cons – lot of support projects. Work might get monotonous and less challenging.

Advice to Senior Management – NA

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Nomura Holdings

Pros – Nomura - Good place to work

Cons – Do not see much cons over the Pros

Former Employee – worked at Nomura Holdings as an intern for less than a year

Pros – good learning curve in Nomura

Cons – very strict with their security policies