Pros
Work life balance is quite good. The management gives some value to your personal life. Also, the pressure to deliver is less. But as far as a Japanese company in US goes, this might be the best company. The benefits are long term oriented. It used to be that jobs at Sony were stable enough for the long term oriented benefits but no longer is the case. The jobs in US are mostly research oriented. So, it is easy to find highly skilled people here. Stock options used to be selectively given but this might have been stopped as of now. Knowing Japanese is an advantage here.
Cons
Quite a lot. The culture is very different. Everything is very secretive. The employees are not communicated from the top. There is a very deep heirarchy and it is difficult to people who are accustomed to US style of working to adjust. Not knowing Japanese is a big disadvantage as people talk in Japanese during meetings. Very limited Growth opportunity. Management does not have guts to speak out or do something radical. Compensation is quite poor compared to the industry. They have asked me to not share salary details of my future company with the current co-workers to stop them from leaving.
