Politics.
The company released a laughable neurodiversity training. NOT inclusive of neurodiversity. Indeed treats it like a disability instead.
Posturing is far too important in this very vertical company structure.
Expect retaliation for constructive feedback and escalating toxic behavior. Did your engineers come to work at 3pm and miss standup for a month? Well, the eng manager will retaliate if you escalate to their manager. Did your designer just yell at the engineers? Well, don't escalate that to their manager or you'll get retaliated against for that too.
Indeed hires children who care more about office perks and happy hours than showing up and doing their jobs.
Did you just deliver insane results? Well, keep that up for three review cycles and you'll get a 7% raise.
The HR and accounting in Japan is a joke. Accounting will ruin your taxes guaranteed. HR is less useful than talking to a template email. It's Recruit's backoffice so what can you expect from a typical Japanese company?