Pros
Great company to work if y ou are a self-learner, as R&D all knowledge is easy to access. RH tries to implement new ideas such as Short Fridays or Home Office and suceed. The Design Engineer needs to constantly be in touch with the assembly plant, which in turn gives teh engineer a high knowledge of the assembly process. This also applies to supplier facilities. Monozukuri idea excels at teaching employees cross-functional problem solving.
Cons
Sometimes Japanese engineers are seen as "Gurus" just because a Japanese engineer said it, it is true, thus, trying to implement new ideas or patents as a non-Japanese is difficult since everything has to go through or from Japan. In Mexico, payment is Average not Top of the industry, so atrition will always be present if compensation benefits are not given. The only way to go up on you carreer ladder is to do more than you are paid for, If an engineer only does what he is being paid for, he will not have a raise. Home office is not accesible to Design Engineers since there are no Lap-Tops available. Work-Life balance is non-existent. It is seen as "bad" to leave the office at the hour you are supposed to go. Primarily employee dissatisfaction radicates on work-life balance, new generations require to have extra activities (football, swiming, dancing, playing videogames, etc) but management fails to see and sense this, thinking the new workforce has the same mindset as they do.
