Pros: Work-life balance. Interesting challenges to work on.

Cons: Promotions are tedious, but hikes are good.

Pros: Top-tier pay in Japan

Cons: Poor management and company direction.

Pros: Great perks and salary. Depending on the team, you get to work with smart co-workers and challenging technical work.

Cons: No more than lip service for diversity initiatives. There is no viable career path for individual contributors. Women engineers who are not in management languish in the same level for years, and their contributions are not recognized or valued. If you are a female engineer, there are much better companies out there that will value you. Projects and teams randomly move around various engineering offices because they hire too many engineers without actually having a plan for what they would work on. Some engineering managers put on an act of being humble while doing nothing to help advance the careers of those who report to them.