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Mizuho Financial Group

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Avoid at all costs: red tape, complex organisational structure, incompetent management, old tech - Associate Director Mizuho Financial Group Employee Review

1.0
20 Feb 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing really that can be mentioned

Cons

I do not recommend this company. Technology / Infrastructure is outdated and decades beyond standards. There is a lack of investment and modern approach in technology. They think that having a brand new Symphony chat can solve all their structural problems. Staff obliged to do a large degree of manual work that in the modern era, is effectively obsolete. The Japanese management is just demanding but are not capable of driving by examples. Non-Japanese people obviously leave very quickly. Even if you had covid and relatives in reanimation, they are capable to put the blame on a junior individual who is blocked by the deprecated tech available at Mizuho, when clearly problems are with the overall absence of a tech development strategy which is ages beyond competitors who have spent money and time to create successful big teams working 24/5 to create state of the art automatised systems. Decision making is slow. Processes are overly bureaucratic. All these issues are very evident, but management is still wondering why they have issues and are falling behind competitors. Benefits are lacking things like fruit in the office, emergency back-up care.

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Mizuho Financial Group Response
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Thank you for your comments. We appreciate that you have talked to your HR business partner to review this situation. We strive to create a positive workplace for everyone and take such accusations seriously. We are disappointed to hear that your experience at Mizuho has not been positive.

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