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It depends on the company. Some "foreign" companies closely follow the structure and culture of their HQ (Goldman Sachs, Google). Some are essentially Japanese
by nandemo 11y ago
It depends on the company.
Some "foreign" companies closely follow the structure and culture of their HQ (Goldman Sachs, Google). Some are essentially Japanese companies that happen to be owned by a foreign entity and share their brand (e.g. Yahoo Japan years ago -- now Yahoo isn't even the major shareholder). Some are in between (e.g. IBM Japan).
Also, nowadays salaries at foreign companies tend to be more in line with the market.
I've been living in Japan for a decade and I've always wanted to work for a foreign company. But I never managed to get an offer from Google, Amazon, etc. One year ago I interviewed for a senior developer position at a certain American company, went thru 4 rounds and finally got an offer... of around 60k USD.
- threeseed 11y agoWorking in IT in Japan is a bit of a joke in general. It is about 2-4x LESS than what you would get pretty much anywhere else in the world. They have long overtimes and in many places quite a conservative attitude toward decision making i.e. not fun. And the startup culture is really poor.