{"id":11011,"date":"2022-03-31T20:04:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T11:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=11011"},"modified":"2022-03-31T20:08:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T11:08:03","slug":"20220331-11011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220331-11011\/","title":{"rendered":"Capcom to raise base salary by an average of 30% in FY2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Ryuki Ishii based on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220331-197453\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>&nbsp;(original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-03-31 19:05<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Capcom has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capcom.co.jp\/ir\/english\/news\/html\/e220331.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> that the company will revise its compensation system in Japan to promote strategic investment in its personnel. The revision consists of \u201can average base salary increase of 30% (includes the portion for pay raises) and the introduction of a bonus system more closely linked to the company\u2019s business performance.\u201d According to its latest financial report, Capcom\u2019s current average base salary is about 6 million yen (around $50,000) per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOUF3181G0R30C22A3000000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nikkei<\/a>, this is a part of the company\u2019s mid-term\/long-term strategy to secure talent in the ever-increasingly competitive video game market. Nikkei also mentions that initial salaries for Capcom\u2019s new recruits will go up by 47,500 yen, making them on par with Nintendo and among the highest initial salaries in Japan\u2019s video game industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u30d7\u30ec\u30b9\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\u3011<br>\u300c\u6301\u7d9a\u7684\u306a\u4f01\u696d\u4fa1\u5024\u5411\u4e0a\u306b\u5411\u3051\u3001\u4eba\u6750\u6295\u8cc7\u6226\u7565\u3092\u63a8\u9032 \uff5e \u4eba\u4e8b\u7d44\u7e54\u306e\u518d\u7de8\u30fb\u6700\u9ad8\u4eba\u4e8b\u8cac\u4efb\u8005\u306e\u65b0\u8a2d\u3001\u5e73\u5747\u57fa\u672c\u5e74\u53ce\u306e30\uff05\u5897\u984d\u3092\u5b9f\u65bd \uff5e\u300d\u3092\u63b2\u8f09\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/igo7I9SNKq\">https:\/\/t.co\/igo7I9SNKq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30ab\u30d7\u30b3\u30f3 \u5e83\u5831IR\u5ba4 (@CapcomIR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CapcomIR\/status\/1509427419677360136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The company will also reorganize its Human Resources operations and establish a Chief Human Resources Officer (CHO) as a part of its strategic investment plan. \u201cWith this structure, Capcom will work to bolster productivity by further providing a comfortable workplace environment for employees and driving forward its personnel acquisition and training activities.\u201d These measures will come into effect in the fiscal year 2022, which starts on April 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30ab\u30d7\u30b3\u30f3 \u4f1a\u793e\u6848\u5185\u30d3\u30c7\u30aa\uff082021\u5e74\uff09\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Grg8o-wd5Us?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, Bandai Namco Entertainment recently announced its employees\u2019 pay raise as well, increasing their base salaries by an average of 50,000 yen (around $400) a month starting April 2022, with the aim of stabilizing the income of employees and improving their working conditions (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220228-10080\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related article<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Capcom and Bandai Namco likely share a similar intent, and it\u2019s quite interesting to see these two mega corporations announcing similar policies at around the same time. It\u2019s also worth mentioning that both companies are doing well according to their recent financial results, with Capcom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capcom.co.jp\/ir\/english\/news\/html\/e220126b.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reporting<\/a> its \u201chighest net sales as well as highest levels of all profit items for the end of a third quarter in company history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capcom has announced that the company will revise its compensation system in Japan. 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