IT House February 28 news, today, Bandai Namco announced that in order to improve the enthusiasm of employees and mobilize the vitality of the organization, it will start to improve the salary of corporate employees from the spring recruitment in April this year; old employees can increase their salaries by up to 27% according to their performance, and the average salary increase of all employees is 50,000 yen, which is significantly higher than the average salary level in the Japanese industry.
According to reports, the starting salary of fresh graduates increased by 30% from 224,000 yen (about 12,275.2 yuan) to 290,000 yen (about 15,892 yuan). In addition, the average increase for other employees, including non-fresh graduates, will also reach around 27%.
We aim to realize the Group's new medium-term plan "Connect with Fans" centered on the "IP Axis Strategy" by improving the operability of our employees. The medium-term plan is a three-year plan that will begin in April.
The Group will focus on the development of the "IP Metacosm" aimed at establishing long-term deep connections with the fan community. BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, which is responsible for game development and operations, has revised the compensation system because it is necessary to promote the active participation of diverse talents in various fields to "start building a new system".
In 2021, the average annual income of the whole company is expected to increase by 10% year-on-year due to bonuses, etc., and the starting salary of university graduates will reach 290,000 yen. In addition, the holding company BANDAI NAMCO Holdings will also change the compensation system.
BandAI NAMCO Group will invest 15 billion yen over the next three years to develop IP Metaverse, aiming to build data infrastructure and development content. At the same time, it plans to invest an additional 25 billion yen as a strategic investment to maximize IP value, create new IP, and promote cross-group IP projects.
IT Home learned that Bandai Namco Entertainment is a Japanese arcade, mobile phone and home video game publisher, formed by the merger of Bandai and Namco's video game development department, and also publishes video, music and other entertainment products related to its video game intellectual property rights; for a long time in the past, the company name was Bandai Namco Games. Originally known as Namco Bandai Games in Western countries, in 2014 the International Unified Namco Games was named Bandai Namco Games.