Indeed

5.0

May 14, 2020

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- Customer-focused company: if you don't understand why are you doing something, it's either you're doing something completely wrong (and better to raise it up immediately), or you just don't know something (and better to learn in ASAP) - Almost no communications barriers: you could directly approach anybody, directly go and even edit almost any information source and codebase - and that would be very much welcomed - Processes in the company are a great help and not the obstacle to almost anything you'll want to do be it some personal stuff or some initiative - Unlimited PTO was a great thing for me for personal things - I'm guilty to borderline abuse it:) - Truly international company with huge amount of people from US, China (including new grads), Japan (including new grads), and literally countries all across the globe (Brazil, Israel, Spain, Singapore to name a few) - Data-based everything from evaluation presentations to product decisions to interviews

Cons

- Tokyo office steadily becomes an execution office with all the interesting/impactful work steadily been moved to US - I'd suggest to avoid Japanese managers: even if they're great people in person, I'm not aware of a single case when they didn't brought Japanese-style management under guise: shift responsibility, blame your team, micromanage, boss around etc. That doesn't apply to non-Japanese managers who are majority. - Advise: impact matters above everything else. Management don't communicate it clearly, so expect to adjust first quarter or two. Optimise for maximum impact with minimal effort, push back everything else.

Indeed Response

Thank you for sharing your review and for your years of service with us. We appreciate your feedback and we’re glad you had a positive experience while working with us. As you mentioned in your review, we champion an open work environment, listening to employees is a crucial part of keeping with our open work culture. We are always encouraging employees to have 1:1 conversations with their managers, participate in quarterly feedback and management effectiveness surveys and our quarterly CEO Q&A sessions. Through these avenues, we’re hoping to learn how we can continue to work more efficiently and effectively, making our work more impactful. Your feedback to us is invaluable and we will certainly pass on your advice to our leadership team. Once again, thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors, stay safe and we hope to have you as part of the team again should another opportunity come up!

Great place that could be improved - Software Development Engineer-II Indeed Employee Review

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