Research Engineer - Research Engineer Daikin Employee Review

1.0
Nov 11, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Just an HVAC company

Cons

1. Extreme Hierarchy. Top Down management. 2. Employees are taking leaves (ranging from 4-16 months) due to depression and other mental health related problems. This might be caused by extremely poor comments by bosses and harassment till a point where the employee just dont have the courage to show up in the office. 3. Extremely slow management. One trivial document needs two boss signatures (or hanko/stamp) . 4. Foreigners are always foreigners. Talents are dumped and mediocrity is celebrated. 5. No one is motivated. Everyone is just moving like robot and smiling forcefully. 6. No cultural activities or group activities other than drinking like pigs till late night. 7. You are not included. All the bosses have all the information and you are used as a horsepower. 8. they say there will be promotion but I have been "promoted", TWICE. My salary went up by 10,000 yen or 11 USD in total. in other words no promotion. But dont worry they give importance to old people. You must get old to be promoted and to be respected.

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Work life balance great opportunities for career development

Cons

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2.0
Mar 5, 2026
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Pros

Its in a nice building

Cons

Insane lack of communication; left alone after 3 hours on my first day. Did the work they wanted but not fast enough and they had a backup waiting to take my place and were not coy or secretive about that whatsoever. Was told not to bring lunch my first day. So I didn't bring lunch my first day. They did not provide lunch on my first day. I went out and bought food and then came back and worked alone the rest of the day. My trainer had retired years prior from a different company and couldn't understand that a PDF could be opened more than one way. What a relief I did not stick around. Oh yeah and I got very sick when they called to lay me off, but they needed their stuff back. Do you think they sent a courier? Nah. I went in thd next day, still sick, and waited over 10 minutes until hopping the security gate because no one was there AND I WAS SICK. Yeah, shortly after I received my positive COVID results. Welp, that about sums up my short stint at this place. Legal dept was completely chaotic. Also the open floorplan was awful during covid.

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