Description When it comes to steel, Nippon Steel rates as Japan's heavy lifter. The company, the world's second-largest steelmaker after ArcelorMittal, manufactures pig iron and ingots, steel bars, plates, sheets, pipes, and tubes, as well as specialty, processed, and fabricated steel products. Nippon Steel's annual crude steel output is roughly 31 million tons. The company's operations include engineering, construction, chemicals, nonferrous metals, ceramics, electricity supply, information and communications, and urban development (theme parks and condominiums). Nippon Steel also provides energy, finance, and insurance services. In 2011 it agreed to acquire Sumitomo Metal Industries to form a global metals giant.
Nippon Steel has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 56 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Nippon Steel employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 62% of employees would recommend working at Nippon Steel to a friend. This is based on 69 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
67% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Nippon Steel as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Nippon Steel.