Shimano Singapore
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    82%
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    47%
    Employees recommend this employer to friends
    Work/Life balance
    2.8(17 ratings)
    Career development
    3.1(17 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    3.5(17 ratings)
    Management
    2.6(17 ratings)
    Working environment
    2.8(17 ratings)
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    4.0
    Engineer
    Aug 2023
    Overall good company
    The good thingsFriendly co-workers, company meals, modern factory environment, shuttle bus, good bonus.
    The challengesJapan hierarchy culture present, lower salary.
    1.0
    Senior officer
    Sep 2021
    Looks fancy but rotten inside
    The good things- Good exposure of Japan MNC, and high volume of work.
    The challengesHeavy work load Not a very friendly environment to new comers. - During exit of job, HR did a very poor job. Causing me extra effort just to get back my salary. Pleas check carefully especially when it comes to salary. People are depending on it for a living. Please do your job properly by not causing others extra trouble.
    1.0
    Senior Officer
    Jun 2021
    Singapore3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Traditional Working Culture
    The good thingsBenefits with company transport and free lunch. Most of the colleague are friendly and helpful
    The challengesManagement follow headquarter direction to IOT but still with refuse to change mindset. Some of the departments set stringent rules to monitor employee job and entitled leave
    4.0
    Executive
    Jan 2020
    A good working place for Mid to Upper Management Position
    The good thingsShimano is a well established company, policies, rules and regulations are all in orders. The company has sufficient resources to expand and grow the human capital.
    The challengesCompany should strive to review and eliminate the unnecessary Bureaucracy and be more open to try new ideas, investments.
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Intern
    Jul 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role
    Structured internship
    The good thingsClear structure on internship programme and timeline, average remuneration. Open office, great opportunities
    The challengesHierarchical culture, strict following and mechanical working
    5.0
    Supervisory role
    Oct 2018
    7 to 8 years in the role, former employee
    Japanese Company with Global mindset
    The good thingsGood Career opportunity Given chance to voice up opinions Japanese company but with global Mindset Great recreational and Sports company Good departments have good bosses that treat staff well. Not the highest paid company, but others make up Company transport provided to many location.
    The challengesWearing of Uniforms In House Canteen ( some people may prefer to have more choices) Not so glamorous Location - Sales and Marketing people may prefer somewhere more Central Not so attractive allowance Strict Clock in and Out Lack of training Lack of Team Building activities Strict Budget control
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Production Planner
    Sep 2018
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Good company to grow with
    The good thingsThe company is stable and structured. They take care of their employees by providing uniform, lunch, and transportation. A good learning environment and developing specialist skills. Management encourages staff to feedback on improving the job function.
    The challengesAdapt the culture: Training of new staff is pretty tough for senior staff as they are not a professional trainer. I think more or less is because of the difference between educational cultures. In the past, information was hard to find, people often asked more questions, but now information is easy to find, so people tend to wait for the answers. Senior staff are expecting junior to ask questions. On the other hand, junior are expecting senior to provide all the information.
    3 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Product Planner
    Aug 2018
    7 to 8 years in the role, current employee
    Manufacturing environment
    The good thingsStable and structured.
    The challengesLack of space for creativity. low emphasis on continued growth of employees
    1.0
    Senior Officer
    Nov 2017
    Singapore1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Bad Management
    The good thingsYou get paid regardless of how much you work, so if you choose to work less you still get your salary
    The challengesThe management is really bad, doesn't know how to reward the right staff for their hard work and takes the credit for themselves when things turn out better than expected.
    2.0
    Senior Marketing Officer
    Oct 2017
    Singapore1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Sales/Marketing Officer
    The good thingsThe camaraderie among the colleagues was a major plus and there is not much politics among the staff (at least not much among staff who are not at the middle management level). Another good thing was the decent amount of bonuses. The staff discounts on Shimano's products were also good, especially for fans of Shimano's bicycle parts/ fishing rods. Last but not least, the couple of travelling opportunities for work (albeit to nearby countries) also provided good exposure.
    The challengesShimano definitely need to stop micro-managing its entry level staff and also to stop over-working its staff who are doing well. There is also a need to provide better training for its staff and staff's feedback should also be taken more seriously.
    3.0
    engineer
    Aug 2017
    5 to 6 years in the role
    Pleasant colleagues, not-so-pleasant management.
    The good thingsColleagues, Benefits.
    The challengesMicro management, reluctance to advance.
    3.0
    Engineer
    Jun 2017
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    stressful working here
    The good thingsthis company is very stable, will not worry they cut down employee
    The challengesEvery month need to do a presentation even though got nothing to present. The management expected more project achievement from you which they do not have budget.
    4.0
    IT Executive
    Apr 2017
    9 to 10 years in the role, current employee
    10 years experience in SHIMANO (S) PTE LTD
    The good thingsYou have chance to learn new things and explore new idea. You are not restrict not to new knowledge
    The challengesYou have chance to pickup anything from the company
    3 people found this helpful
    3.0
    R&D / Production
    Apr 2017
    11 to 12 years in the role, current employee
    Challenging place to grow
    The good thingsDynamic environment, challenging job scope, good place to learn a lot.
    The challengesHigh expectations, sometimes out of company org structure limits. Limited resources, heavy on resolving internal conflicts.
    3.0
    Engineer
    Oct 2016
    7 to 8 years in the role, former employee
    Training School
    The good thingsGood for entry level.
    The challengesFar and managment is getting political.
    5.0
    Deputy Director
    Sep 2016
    The vision of Closer to Nature, Closer to People
    The good thingsHere is a place that we are empower to constantly making decisions and an culture that encourage innovation and continuous improvement. We got the chances to work globally to explore and learns leadership skills throughout these overseas attachment. In additional, have plenty of exchange programs and working cross-functionally, be it cross department or cross-countries projects.
    The challengesThis company has been establish in Singapore for 43 years while Japan HQ reaching 100 years in 4 years time. In other words, people have been working up the ladder in the organization. To drive change, itself is a challenge to convince the so-called obstacles. Ours is kind of conventional manufacturing company, which we are working to how IoT integration and retaining engineers continuously innovate.
    4.0
    Engineering manager
    Jul 2015
    Challenging but fulfilling career
    The good thingsFreedom to explore solution for work related problems Encouraging superior and management staffs Close relationship across all level of heirachy
    The challengesMore structured development program for staffs Employment of additional quality staff to support current scope (staff feels overwhelmed with workload), although HR staffs already working on this area. They need to speed up
    4 people found this helpful
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