The company gives you what it should, but not much more, because business performance is fairly stable and the regular bonuses are always paid.

Other than the money, there doesn’t seem to be anything else. If you want a stable job to stay in until retirement, it’s worth considering.

Most people at the company dress fairly well, the atmosphere at work is okay, and you can bring pets to work.

- The salaries for general specialists and assistants are on the low side, and there is no overtime pay. If you really have no choice but to work overtime, you are even required to take compensatory time off.

- For information-security reasons, the company blocks LINE, so everyone internally uses Skype. Any major matter is communicated by forwarding messages on Skype. You wonder what email is even for (oh, and the company isn’t willing to pay for Gmail either, so it uses free Live Mail).

- There are many long-time employees internally. If they become even a little unhappy, they go straight to the boss to make petty reports. The communication process is full of malice, and they may even distort the original meaning when reporting to the boss.

- The industry is very interesting, but the management is very old-fashioned. Basically, everything is decided by the boss, who is very good at creating appearances—an example of “golden on the outside, rotten within.”

- Departments depend heavily on their managers, who determine a lot of things. The manager of the Operations Department is not very capable, goes around cultivating connections, boasts about having worked at major companies, and tries to create an image of being socially adept. The Media Department is extremely opaque; people make petty reports and are very good at currying favor with the boss. Many people have complaints about their manager. The manager of the Business Department is very prone to shouting, and the department’s turnover rate is frighteningly high. There are quite a lot of people like this—many of them are just putting on a show and trying to be good children in front of the boss.

- There are also issues with the company evading taxes. The boss keeps trying to cover up the negative news.

- Quite a few people have time during work to handle their own side businesses or other matters, including managers. Some work on their personal purchasing-agent business during office hours, while others make felt crafts—haha.

- The boss keeps changing policies. Many things are started and then stopped, or vice versa. The management style is quite chaotic, and departments are allowed to fight among themselves. This is not the kind of decision-making boss who takes the lead in setting company policy.

Working here requires dealing with many interpersonal relationships and constantly guarding against someone stabbing you in the back. If you simply want to do your job without complications, you will probably have a hard time adapting.