Pros
- The controller system works and is deployed in many instances
Cons
- Everyone messages on internal IM instead of talking in person - Collaboration is the stated reason to require office attendance through typhoons, pandemics, etc - Avoiding posting anything that might broadly be misconstrued as 'trade secrets' or 'confidential', I will only say that I do not like the unconventional development practices, as they stray far from industry standard, and I cannot see how they will be sustainable - Government holidays are granted per quarter through the year, rather than the 'yearly' scheme they represented to me when I joined - There is no work from home policy, which leaves it to team 'managers' to say that upon their discretion it's totally, definitely allowed, and encouraged when there is 'urgent' or after-hours work required, rather than "whenever you need" as was represented to me when I was interviewing - There are dissonant policies and announcements regarding tracking employees' time - There is one small window in the office - Frequent construction noise with no notice - Scant building insulation - Engineers must leave the attendance-tracking office gates to access the toilets - "Visa assistance" means just the minimum actually required of a company to sponsor an employee, rather than providing a legal representative to process the immigration documents like at every other "foreigner friendly" tech company in Japan