Pros: Good benefits if working at Tokyo HQ: * Free food at Cafe (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner), including vegetarian and Halal options. * Facilities like a hair salon, gym, and dry cleaning are available on a charge basis. * No language issues; the working language is English, at least for DU (Development Units).

Cons: - Low compensation package - No flex time - Low annual paid holidays - No sick leave - Low/zero growth opportunity

Pros: 1. Free breakfast, lunch, and dinner. 2. Brand recognition. 3. You can speak English.

Cons: 1. Asakai, which drives most people crazy. 2. Japanese work style, although it says it’s a “global company”. 3. Low salary. 4. Your evaluation is fully controlled by your manager. 5. Innovation? Seriously? 6. Due date >>> quality 7. No training for new graduate engineers; they treat you as mid-career employees.

Pros: Great office building. Free and nutritional meals. A lot of amenities in the office that really sweeten the stay. English-speaking Japanese company in Japan - a rarity.

Cons: Management is only interested in pleasing the bosses. Bosses are only pleased in making the leaders happy. Leaders only want to make money, no matter what. This, in turn, creates a sick cycle of pushing pressure down to the "code monkeys," leaving them in a highly tense and unhappy environment. With Japanese management, transitioning to agile methodologies is such a climb, and rarely can you even get through them. They want results but are not willing to go through the process of carving out the best way to achieve that result. They say they're open to new technologies and methodologies, but really, it's all just that they want to get their cash faster, but don't understand that the birth pains and struggles a team needs to get through to be lean and agile are not that easy.