Absolutely the Worst Job I Have Ever Had - Anonymous employee KDDI Employee Review

1.0
Feb 6, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Only waste time and poor management

Cons

- The pay is very low for industry standard. - No diversity. The company makes all decisions in Japanese by its Japanese executives who don't speak very good English and who don't understand the North American culture and business. - Unproductive, inefficient, archaic, non-result-oriented work practices abound. - It's a traditional Japanese company, where employees are valued for working just long hours. - The employee performance review process is a joke. - Directors tend to be socially inept and disrespectful. - You will have disadvantage if you cannot stay at KDDI at least 7 PM.

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Cons

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Pros

Paid on time Mostly Japanese managers with Japanese spoken in the office and written in emails. American and Japanese work culture combined.

Cons

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