I'm an American living in the U.S. I work for a U.S. company who doesn't have any staff or presence in Japan. We are an international company and offer our services worldwide, but all of our employees, save for two, live in the US. One of our employees lives in Mexico (he's a Mexican citizen) and manages our Latin America accounts, and another employee lives in Turkey (he's a Turkish citizen) and manages our Middle East accounts.
Recently, my managers have been discussing hiring someone in Asia to better manage Asian accounts. I was thinking that I could suggest I move to Japan since I've always wanted to, and manage Asian accounts that way. Looking online, PEO's seem to be a method a lot of companies use and I wanted to know if you guys believe that could be an option for me? That they use a PEO to "hire" me in Japan, that sponsors me for a work visa, and pay me/give me benefits that adhere to Japanese laws and policies. Have any of you done something similar before? How has it worked out?
by marquinator92