Good and bad until 2011 - Anonymous employee ValueCommerce Employee Review

2.0
May 25, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

* International/multicultural environment (until 2011) * Flexible working hours (no clock tracking until 2011) and good work-life balance * Friendly and supportive co-workers * In-house development which reduces pressure and stress when delivering a project like real vendor experiences. * Open to the career growth and new opportunities

Cons

* Executive Managements do not seem to understand how to run the business and their decisions are mostly based on their personal needs. People had lost confidence on them. * Politics and miscommunication between different departments, caused by language problem (Japanese & English). * Wrong people get promoted

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3.0
Jan 10, 2012
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Pros

- International, bilingual environment - Comradery especially between R&D, Product and Marketing teams - Central location - Offshore offices enable travel within Asia - A genuine feeling that people want to innovate and make the company succeed - 401k matching

Cons

- The Executive Management change in 2011 set the company back several years - The new CEO comes from a banking background and has never worked for an internet company so many of decisions have been made without a full understanding of the company's services - A quickening exodus of talent is happening as senior managers and architects are losing belief in executive leadership - Although the company wishes to expand into international markets the executive team is surprisingly xenophobic

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2.0
Jun 22, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people were very nice and I enjoyed working with them. I made good friends here and still keep in touch with them. The location in Aoyama also cannot be beat. Not too much overtime either.

Cons

The politics and the processes of the company make everything grind to a halt. There was a serious rift between departments that made it difficult to get much done. The new CEO took what was a very "gaishikei" company and is slowly turning it into a stricter "showa-jidai" one.

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