Works Applications Employee Reviews about "working hours"
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Masayuki Makino
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Pros
"Flexible working hours (depends on the team)" (in 21 reviews)
"Good for beginners, high salary" (in 21 reviews)
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"Communication barrier exists sometimes between Singapore and Japan" (in 10 reviews)
"Working hours can seem to be pretty long some times" (in 8 reviews)
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Return to all Reviews- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
The pay provided is higher than most companies for a fresh out of college person Work is pretty interesting People are very supportive
Cons
Can be boring some times Working hours can seem to be pretty long some times Language barrier is there in many situations
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good place for growth Can learn java 8
Cons
Stressful working hours A lot of documentation in Japanese Has to sync with people working in Japan who hardly understand English
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
* Permit Failure : You can propose your Idea and they allow you to execute * Promote Creativity * High Salary * One of the world's best office location : Singapore * Promotion based on 360 Evaluation : - Myself Promoted Thrice in a Year !!! - Total raise from 2012'Dec to 2015'Dec : 110% Increment. [Please contact the company HR to verify this fact] * Ability to choose your interest area : - Backend/Frontend - Research / Architecture / Database - Even you can switch to Consultants or HR * Globalized Company : - Developers from 14 Nationality - Interestingly, in Singapore , Japanese Nationality is Minor !!!
Cons
* Sometimes communication barrier to convey your Idea * Long working hours - Please note ... more work DOES NOT MEAN more pressure --------If people consider this as cons-------------- * Coffee machine not good * Free drinks finish fast * Pantry only has
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Very good pay for a fresh graduate. Opportunity to experience the Japanese work culture. Flexibility(to some extent) in working hours
Cons
Very high working hours Too much pressure Lack of communication(as most of the Japanese developers don't know English)
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
High salary, Work Independence, Tea , Coffee and beverages available.
Cons
Fixed Working Hours, Lunch not provided, Expensive accomodation
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Work is okay. Pays well only for the beginner salary for first 1 year. Salary Increments are non-existent.
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
No pros as such. The salary looks good on the surface, but believe it isn't worth all the frustrations and ridiculous amounts they ask you to work.
Cons
Promotions are not possible - Extremely random process based on how good your relation with your manager is, although even that doesn't guarantee a promotion/pay raise. Huge amount of working hours - the average time you spent in the office per day is well over 11-12 hours. There is frequent scolding at Indian engineers. Managers have no respect for Indians here. There is bias in terms of treatment given to the Japanese and Indians at the same position in the company. No management structure. You end up doing everything by yourself. This leads to very low productivity, which means that you end up staying in the office for longer hours during release cycles. You even need to come on weekends. Only 20% of the batch has been promoted (read 10% salary raise) even after working for almost 2 years now. The weird STM training process of 4 months. Waste of time for people who already know software development.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
1. You get to learn some new technologies like Cassandra and get to work in challenging Projects like AI , Machine Learning 2. Easy Relocation Options between Japan Singapore and Shanghai 3. Stability of Job
Cons
1. It works according to Japanese Work Culture which means longer working hours. 2. Hardly any Work-life balance 3. Older and Experienced colleagues are reluctant to change easily
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
High salary. Many good colleagues. Applied a lot of new techniques, so one can learn a lot of new things.
Cons
The working hours is a bit long, but may due to high salary. Communication is sometimes an issue in collaboration.
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