Realized there are much more modern companies than Mujin - Software Engineer Mujin Employee Review

2.0
Jun 26, 2021
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Pros

There are some positives to Mujin of course. The staff overall is very intelligent and comes from strong education backgrounds. Mujin's products are interesting and competitive. Most people there are friendly and helpful.

Cons

I left Mujin for another company in the same field, doing similar work. I now wish I had done it sooner, because Mujin was my first job in Japan and I thought that the working style of the company was similar at other companies, but I learned I was wrong about it. I do not want to focus too much on the Covid situation, but for me this was really the thing that made me finally realize the company does not have our health as a top priority. At Mujin, the management did everything possible to prevent people from having any flexible working style during the pandemic (and this is still the case now from what I heard from colleagues). Only when the government in Japan issues an "emergency" status, the company would reluctantly send people home, but even then I could not do so without upsetting my team and my manager. Yes, some changes were made in the office to spread people out a bit. But honestly, when most other 'modern' startups (even in robotics) are strongly promoting and encouraging work from home, why would anyone want to stay at Mujin? How will Mujin expect to retain a top talent when their competitors have working styles that adapt to recent changes in our society. It's actually a little bit embarrassing when I tell my friends and family about this. They think I worked at a "black company". Even my spouse was concerned about me. I believe the HR and related departments had wanted to do more to improve the situation at Mujin as well, but the top management in the company has an unhealthy obsession with seeing everyone onsite and watching everyone and everything. I think this is ironic because Mujin designs autonomous robots, and one of their company mottos is to relieve humans of manual labour. I got it in my head that most companies are the same. After switching companies now, I realize that this is not "normal". My current boss, and his boss too place enough trust in me to work independantly, and employees are not pressured to come to office. Trust is a two way street, and I feel like giving 100% in my work thanks to the trust between us. Sorry for the very long "cons". But after changing companies, I felt like I had an awakening.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2025
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Pros

+ Work on real-world industrial automation with brilliant minds + Solid foundational tech-stack + Boundless opportunities for growth

Cons

+ Real-world research and integration is hard + Long hours is the cost, Learning is the reward

1.0
Jan 30, 2026
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Pros

Colleagues are easy to get along with

Cons

Imagine you work at in a company where deadlines are almost always missed due to lack of organization on multiple levels. Imagine you work unnecessary overtime. Unnecessary not because your colleagues are inefficient, but because leadership has failed to implement any cohesive planning/forecasting, and failed even further to allocate resources effectively. Imagine you feel anxiety about taking a vacation with your family, because you never know when that phone will ring, even if your contract never stipulates on-call requirements. Now imagine that during a company wide all hands meeting, you and your colleagues raise thoughtful questions about the direction of the company, and perhaps even pitch a few ideas of how to improve things. After all, feedback is crucial in any organization. After all manner of input and suggestions from multiple departments, managers and non-managers, the founder and CEO replies with simply this: "All this chaos is by design." That's it. No improvements, no changes, no self-reflection. This is what working in Mujin is like.

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