Where careers go to die - Anonymous employee Yamaha Employee Review

Your career path will die here. Nothing but lip service from People Operations/Human Resources on career pathing. This went on for many years. From the outside, you will look like you have not grown or done anything in your role and career at Yamaha when you go to apply or interview for another job. You will more than likely get screened out by recruiting filters, so just getting an interview will be an even bigger challenge. Your friends and former colleagues at other companies are getting promoted and growing their careers every few years because their employers believe in promoting and growing their employees. Meanwhile at Yamaha, employees are stuck in their same role until they quit, get fired, or die. You are SOL if you get laid-off because Yamaha did nothing to help you grow. The job title/role Yamaha restrained you with for years will be junior-level elsewhere when you leave Yamaha. Candidates much younger than you have now lapped you. You get older, but your career does not mature. There are many people at Yamaha in their 50s and 60s with entry-level job titles elsewhere. How can you compete with someone in their mid-to-late 20s when you are in your 50s? Yamaha is setting you up for age discrimination should you leave there. People Ops says it is up to the employee to determine their growth path, but this is not only ridiculous, but it is insulting and lazy. Based on this logic, you can designate yourself VP of Trash Cans, but there is no path or means to get there. You are free todesignate your next job title, but good luck getting there. It is not going to happen. Yamaha is more likely to hire outside the company than promote within. This makes Yamaha a bad choice for career growth as there is no reward for your loyalty.