Hello there.
I am currently living in Germany and work for the same company since 10 years. It is a US Consulting Company. I have moved up the career ladder and currently am at a Principal level.
I recently have identified that I would like to work abroad and in the end decided that it should be Japan. I like the culture, I learn the language and I know some nice colleagues from Japan. Therefore I have asked for a transfer, which currently is being discussed.
Before I get an actual offer, I was of course reading a little bit in this subreddit. Which made me a bit concerned about big pay cut. It is clear to me that in terms of salary the ranking is as following: Japan < EU < US. The general weak exchange course of the yen is fine and I am accepting to lose global buying power. However in terms of the actual salary, I want to be able to have the same living standard as in Germany.
If I would convert my current salary to yen it would get me to 14 million yen without bonuses. That seems to be quite high for Japanese salaries. Should I expect a bigger cut, maybe I will end up with 10 million yen? Just want to be mentally prepared.
Somehow it feels irrational and a little bit wrong, but even with a pay cut I am still intrigued by the idea to move.
by Main_Concern_8142