Pros
- You can go to Japan - Semi-flexi time - Nice people (except some managers) - Opportunity to work on different projects - House + utilities are offered by the company on a very cheap price
Cons
- No health benefits (aside from the goverment medical insurance) - Small amount of paid leaves (starts at 10, then increases by one per year) - When you take a sick leave, it will be subtracted from your paid leaves - Prepaid overtime (around 45 hours) - Recently, overtime payment is implemented, but on weekdays, overtime starts after 11pm. - Not Japan standard bonus (several months worth of pay), bonus here is just around 80k yen. - Management is contradicting itself. They say to go to work early and go home early, but they also require people to work 9.5 hours per day and give 120% effort. "Effort" in Japan means "doing overtime". - Some managers are not technicaly adept, so you must have a lot of patience in providing explanations. Be prepared for very long meetings. - Some managers schedule meetings during the night (8pm onwards) - Mostly self learning, no "real" training