Pros
- People are generally nice and you can learn from some of them - The working environment is pretty chill for the most part - Free lunches (sometimes) - Progressive for a Japanese company - Japanese lessons provided by the company
Cons
- Blatant favoritism There’s going to be favoritism in every company but, at HDE (or HENNGE), it is a bit extreme. You can easily tell who the favorites are by seeing who the manager goes out to lunch with everyday.. These employees can get away with almost anything; luxurious business trips and countless days off - Pointless tasks For the first month, they make all employees to make a Twitter clone. Have 10 years of work experience under your belt? Too bad, you have to do it anyway; Fluent English speaker? Well, we’re going to have to test your skills by having you take the TOEIC test. - Bonus system The company always claims that they’re “international” but they use the dreadful, and very Japanese, bonus system - Low salaries In general, higher than some companies in Japan but definitely not great; the bonus system doesn’t help either. - No voice or direction You will not be able to make any business decisions nor products unless you’re Japanese or in the manager’s inner circle. - Open Source need not apply The company always talks about how much they love to contribute to open source, but in reality, only the privileged few have a chance to publish their side projects or contribute - Management is terrible The team leaders have nothing to teach and the managers have no idea what they’re doing. This means that everyone else needs to pick up the slack.