Is Mizuho Financial Group a good company to work for?

Mizuho Financial Group has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 1,437 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 5% over the last 12 months. 73% of employees would recommend working at Mizuho Financial Group to a friend and 78% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Mizuho Financial Group have been left by employees working as Intern , Executive Director and Managing Director .

Does Mizuho Financial Group pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Mizuho Financial Group employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Mizuho Financial Group. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Mizuho Financial Group?

73% of Mizuho Financial Group employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Mizuho Financial Group 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Mizuho Financial Group?

Vice President (101) , Analyst (87) , Associate (78) , Director (54) , Assistant Vice President (29) , Intern (28) , Investment Banking Analyst (25) , Officer (24) , Manager (18) , Managing Director (15) , Executive Director (14) , Associate Director (13) , Credit Analyst (13) , Senior Officer (13) , Senior Vice President (11)

What are the pros of working at Mizuho Financial Group according to real employee reviews?

"good work life balance not like to fast moving companies" ((in 112 reviews)); "Some people are nice and helpful." ((in 106 reviews)); "Good benefits and 401k is great" ((in 93 reviews)); "Culture is good for junior" ((in 83 reviews)); "colleagues are friendly and nice" ((in 60 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Mizuho Financial Group according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management, expats are handing thier own works over to the local hires, infights are severe, discrimination happens..." ((in 62 reviews)); "Low salary and lots of tasks." ((in 46 reviews)); "Long hours and very demanding" ((in 30 reviews)); "+ Employees are highly demotivated, as Senior Management has favouritism issue" ((in 29 reviews)); "Expats managers have no idea at all what they are doing but only think of their own benefits." ((in 19 reviews))

What are employees saying about Mizuho Financial Group layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Mizuho Financial Group layoffs and their outlook for job security at Mizuho Financial Group in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Mizuho Financial Group locations?

New York , Jersey City , Los Angeles , San Francisco , Chicago , Midtown New York , Hoboken , Iselin , Harrison , Montclair , Newark , Woodbridge , Brooklyn , New City , Houston , Portland , Boston , Atlanta , Lawrenceville , East Los Angeles , Little Tokyo

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Item: Mizuho Financial Group
Rating: 4
Author: Anonymous employee

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(1,230 total reviews)

Masahiro Kihara

90% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

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3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Mizuho Financial Group has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,230 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Mizuho Financial Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews

3.0

Mar 9, 2010

It depends on what you value....

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to accumulate experiences. Nice people.

Cons

Socialistic. Not enough incentive given to work harder.

3.0

Feb 28, 2010

London management is good but decision making is too slow as everything needs to be approved by Tokyo

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

work life balance relatively good pay less aggressive

Cons

too many lazy people inefficient organisation

4.0

Feb 7, 2010

Not bad to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is not bad, and job status is very stable. I think that is not bad to work for people who wants stable jobs.

Cons

It is usually very difficult to get day offs or vacation. Even for women who have children. That is not flexible.

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