Pros
-Professional, dedicated coworkers and truly world-class talent -Company's upper management is truly dedicating to changing the way business works in Japan -Mikitani is a brillaint man that went to Harvard and truly understands how the business world works -Englishnizastion has made a lot of progress in two years -Free lunch -Lots of opportunities for hard-working young people and foreigners -Shinagawa is a beautiful part of Tokyo I would -not- recommend this company to someone unless you are willing to work hard. Don't go in expecting a Western workplace, despite the recruitment promises.
Cons
-Many middle managers are supporting a broken status quo -Work/life balance is typical of a Japanese company -Partnered staff often speak no or very little English -Bureaucratic processes and repetitive meetings need an organizational rethinking and unification procedures -Level of English still is far from where it needs to be -Pay rate is well below market, but that's changing