I was invited to do interviews for a cloud support engineer role while I’m 26 y, MSCS from US, and 2 yr full-time software developer experience. I just got in Tokyo two month ago while I have been working for the current Japanese company remotely since Aug 2021. (Is it bad? They just helped me settle down and offered me relocation compensation, and now I’m about to leave in July)
It looks like the company, Pennsylvania, US based, are expanding the office in Tokyo.
They would like to offer me 7M/yr for the position based on the conversation with the hiring manager during the previous interview, not confirmed yet since the offer interview is next week.
I did a few research on the internet, but this office of the company is quite new in Japan so there is no much data. I was told by the recruiter that the elementary role’s pay is ranged between 6M-8M/yr.
I pretty sure that my current employer cannot compete this 7M offer, or I do not have other offers in hand.
I want to get myself ready for the negotiation about the offer and get compensated fairly in the market.
As far as I know, the bonus is little. I would like to try to raise up the base paid, get some RSU or stock options.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advanced.
(There is a same post in another place)
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I work for a foreign company with a tiny Japan office.
It’s very unlikely you’ll get similar compensation packages here such as RSUs and options as the logistics aren’t easy from my understanding.
You’ll be paid, if they’re doing things right, via a third party company who will handle taxes and finances for your company in Japan. This is normal, but don’t expect them to be good. None of those agencies my company works with in APAC are any good (delayed payments, opaque communications, sometimes a lack of English communications)
Personally, I’m compensated by taking my US valuation and adding a few 0s to the end to make it fit yen. I don’t get bonuses like a JP company would do, and no benefits aside from standard shakai hoken.