Beyond's employee benefits and internal systems [2021 latest version]
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Did you know that Beyond has a variety of internal systems?
As I've mentioned many times in previous blog posts, there's so much information that even I'm starting to lose track of it, so I'veBeyond's latest employee benefits and internal systemsput together a summary of
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*The official Beyond YouTube channel, "Biyomaru Channel," can be foundhere.
Employee benefits
Basic benefits
- Complete social insurance coverage (health insurance, employee pension insurance, employment insurance, workers' compensation insurance)
- Health checkup (once a year)
Common employee benefits in IT companies
- Flextime system (you can come to work any time between 9:00 and 12:00, core time 12:00 to 18:00)
- Remote work OK
- Office casual is OK
- Free hairstyle and hair color
Remote work began in earnest in April 2020. We are currently operating in a hybrid format that combines working in the office with remote work
Dress code is optional, with some people wearing tracksuits and others not wearing socks. When meeting with external parties, we sometimes wear suits
Of course, you're free to have any hairstyle you like. You cangold,blue,pink,yellow,purple,silver, or whatever color you want, and you won't get in trouble.
↑Our infrastructure engineer with blonde hair and matching outfits
Employee benefits for engineers
- Cost coverage for external training
- Book purchase costs
- Qualification acquisition incentive system (covering the cost of qualification exams)
The company will cover the costs of attending external paid seminars and study groups
Whenever I want to buy a technical IT book, I check with my supervisor and then purchase it at work
We provide separate incentives when you obtain qualifications. The amount of the incentive varies depending on the difficulty of the qualification
Vacation benefits
- Golden Week holidays
- New year holiday season
- Congratulatory and condolence leave
- Maternity leave
- parental leave
- Summer vacation
- Christmas holidays
- Refreshing vacation
Instead of the company specifying the dates for summer vacation, employees can choose any number of days between July and September to take it. This means you can take a long weekend or pinpoint a specific time off
If both December 24th and 25th are weekdays, you can take Christmas holidays on either date
Employees who have been with the company for five years or more since being hired as full-time employees are eligible for a refresh leave, which includes two weeks of vacation and a 100,000 yen bonus.Here is
Other allowances and systems
- Duty allowance (night shift, L shift, weekends, holidays, year-end and New Year holidays)
- Commuting allowance (up to 30,000 yen per month)
- Neighborhood allowance (20,000 yen per month)
- Telecommuting allowance (500 yen per day)
- Retirement benefits system
- Influenza vaccination subsidy system
Infrastructure engineers will receive an allowance when they are on duty to monitor servers
Neighborhood allowances are paid to those who live within two stations of the office, so there are quite a lot of employees who live near the office
Since remote work began, we have been providing employees with a daily allowance of 500 yen for days they work from home
And, although it's an unusual system for an IT company, they also have a retirement allowance system. You can find more details about the retirement allowance system inthis
Beyond's unique internal system
In-house systems for engineers
- In-house study session (once a month)
- English training
- Blog writing allowance
We hold an internal study group every month, where three members of the company talk for about 10 to 15 minutes. Topics are assigned to either technical or non-technical topics, and non-engineers like me choose a non-technical topic to talk about
English language training began after Beyond's Canadian office was established. The engineer in charge of English language traininga blog posthas written
We provide an allowance of 2,000 yen per blog post written within the company. Additionally, we award an Amazon gift certificate to the person with the most hits each month. I used the gift certificate to buy a vacuum cleaner
Internal systems to promote internal communication
- Internal networking event
- Beyond Lunch
- Coffee Break
Beyond has an Organizational Culture Committee, a team dedicated to promoting internal communication, which organizes online welcome parties and company get-togethers. You can find more details about the Organizational Culture Committee inthis
We also provide an opportunity for employees to have online lunch with company members once a month. The company covers the cost of food and drinks for both the company networking event and lunch
Systems added due to the impact of COVID-19
- Mental support (telephone mental care support)
- Coaching System
With the increase in remote work, we want to prioritize the mental health of our employees, so we have made an anonymous telephone mental support service available
We also offer "coaching," where you can discuss your concerns and work with us to set goalsJun Otsuka. You can also have regular online conversations with
Systems not implemented due to the impact of COVID-19
- Company trip
- Cherry blossom viewing
- barbecue
- Inter-base work system
Until 2019, we held seasonal events such as cherry blossom viewing and barbecues, but we have now shifted to online social gatherings
We have a system in place that allows employees to work at one of our three bases in Osaka, Yokohama, and Shikoku for about a week, but we plan to implement this once it becomes possible to travel to other prefectures
Other internal systems
- Business training at a learning agency
- Siesta System
- Early departure system for anniversaries (up to 6 hours of work on family members' or partner's birthdays, up to 4 times a year)
- Side jobs outside the company
- Side jobs within the company
- Benefit One
- YASAI at the office
- Nomushin Shoten
- In-house bar
- Unlimited tea, water and coffee in the open space
- It's OK to listen to music with headphones while working, and music is OK in the office
- NANKAI NAMBA WORKERS Minapita Point Card(Offers discounts at several stores in Namba)
featuring interviews with engineers who frequently use the siesta systema blog postThere's
Starting in 2020, side jobs will be allowed, and with permission from your department supervisor, you can do the work you want outside of working hours
And since 2021, employees have been allowed to have side jobs. Among them is "Nomushin Shoten," a personal shop run by an engineer, where instant ramen, snacks, and other items are sold cheaply within the company.an interview article, so please read it if you're interested.
At YASAI, healthy foods such as yogurt and salad chicken are regularly delivered to the office and sold within the company for 100 yen each
That's it!
While writing this, I was thinking, "There are so many!"
We have introduced a variety of employee benefits and internal systems, from those commonly found in IT companies to ones unique to Beyond. However, we are still experimenting to find the best working environment for our engineers, so we would like to continue working to improve the company to create a better environment!
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