Pros
Competitive pay to those who they "value" and consider "high performers". If you know how to "manage up", you will do great.
Cons
- completely tainted my perspective of how a Japanese company runs their business. If all of them are like Santen, then I don't ever want to work for a Japanese company again. - a Japanese company trying to run its US operation pretending to be Americans. They are control freaks in every corner and sending Japanese Expats with no experience to head each business unit. - they will never be a global company. They will remain a Japan centric bureaucracy. - if you are a women, you have no hope of being promoted. While they promote men who were not qualified, they would do everything to keep women submerge under their male counterparts. - yes, there is definitely discrimination against female. And if you complain to HR, be sure that your name is on their "push out" list. Many female employees have experienced being discriminated one way or the other. - DO NOT trust HR. They "save face" by " listening to you and turned around to "phase" you out.