A “Great Place to Work” is a title awarded by the Great Place to Work® Institute (GPTW), a specialized organization that conducts surveys, evaluations, and support related to “Great Places to Work®,” to companies that have been certified as exceeding a certain level of job satisfaction based on a questionnaire conducted according to globally recognized standards.
The survey is the world’s largest employee satisfaction survey, with 10,000 companies and over 10.2 million employees in approximately 100 countries participating. In Japan, only 38% of the companies that participated in the survey were certified as “companies with high job satisfaction.”
GPTW defines a “great place to work” as “a company where there is trust between management and employees, and where each individual’s abilities are maximized. It is a company with excellent values and leadership, and one that can achieve financial growth through innovation.”
At IoT-EX, we are continuously working to realize our corporate philosophy, “The IoT-EX Way,” in order to enhance employee satisfaction.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, since November 2018, we have implemented a super flexible working hours system (Working Anytime) with no core hours for all full-time employees, as well as a remote work system (Working Anywhere) that allows employees to freely choose where they work. Each employee makes the best choice for themselves at any given time regarding when and where to work as an autonomous professional, and achieves a balance between work and other important aspects of their personal life, such as childcare and elder care. However, these systems are not intended to encourage employees to work without coming to the office at their convenience. Instead, employees consider their own responsibilities, the circumstances of their collaborating team members, and other factors (while respecting others’ perspectives) to determine the most appropriate way of working at any given time.
Our company has established and operates various systems based on the idea of supporting the voluntary growth of our employees. With 40% of our employees being foreign nationals, communication in English is important for Japanese employees, and communication in Japanese is important for foreign employees. Therefore, we have established an English language learning support program for employees whose native language is not English (this is not limited to Japanese employees) and a Japanese language learning support program for employees whose native language is not Japanese.
In addition, we support the growth of our employees in the following ways to help them acquire more specialized knowledge and skills.
The common idea behind these systems is to respect the will and motivation of employees themselves, and rather than the company dictating what and how to learn, employees decide for themselves based on their own initiative.