A great, but sterile, place to work
A great, but sterile, place to work
Great free lunches!
Really great people to work with.
Exciting projects to work on. If not, then make suggestions, and management listens.
Lots of risk-taking in America and the opposite in Japan. Not sure if everyone sees that as a con, but it makes for an interesting cultural mix.
Work/life balance can get skewed over what do not seem to be really valid reasons, like working on something that could easily just be pushed out a couple of weeks to not burn people out.
The work environment in San Mateo is very sterile, especially in the 800 building. It could use a lot more furniture and color to spark creativity.
Doing a good job of not having Japan force its culture on the Americas. Keep that up.
Stock options in America do not compare to other companies based in the Valley.
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