In the rapidly changing and ambiguous business environment that we face today, we believe that our employees are the most important factor in adapting to change and creating long-term value. It is essential that all employees find fulfillment in their work, grow, and realize their full potential. While promoting the well-being and supporting the growth of each individual employee, we are also committed to enhancing employee engagement to both their teams and the organization as a whole.
To achieve sustainable growth, it is essential that we bring together the strengths of each individual employee and achieve results as an organization.
It is essential for all employees to understand our corporate purpose--"Fill your life with WOW and increase the number of adults who live enthusiastically"--, as well as our vision--"Make your daily life exciting with our unique entertainment ideas"--and to give their utmost effort to achieve these goals.
We believe that evaluating and promoting employees based on their abilities without bias on attributes such as age, gender, disability status, or parenting and caregiving responsibilities is essential for maintaining and increasing motivation and job satisfaction among individuals. This approach is also important for achieving our business goals and ensuring employees feel a sense of fairness and acceptance.
At WOWOW, each employee sets goals aligned with their expected role, and evaluations are based on both results and actions. Decisions of advancement and promotions also reflect these evaluations.
Entertainment is the very core of our business, and we believe that the best entertainment can only be created when employees with different opinions and perspectives engage in open discussions--regardless of age or position--and overcome constructive conflicts when exchanging ideas. In January 2020, we completely renovated our office and introduced a free-address system, where no one has a fixed desk, to encourage communication across departments.
We consider honest opinions and feedback to be even more important in times of business transformation, and in October 2024, we established " Values for Transformation," a set of behavioral guidelines to support employees understand and realize our corporate purpose, and one of the values we defined is "Speaking openly". We also conduct 360-degree feedback for managers and employee surveys regarding workplace fulfillment in order to foster a culture of feedback.
Our HR programs enable our employees to actively learn, experience growth, and shape their own individual careers.
Taking into account each employee's individuality, strengths (knowledge, skills, experience), and career aspirations, we develop organization leaders and highly specialized professionals through both educational programs and 1-on-1 dialogue. The career path system aims to achieve the following:
We offer our employees a wide variety of training programs, including job grade based training such as new graduate employee training and manager training, company-wide mandatory training sessions aligned with strategic priorities, elective programs to enhance job-specific expertise, online learning platforms to support autonomous learning, and support for individually designed skills training .
We allow employees to take on side jobs outside regular working hours as a way to enhance their skills and broaden their perspectives through activities outside the company.
We provide a flexible work environment and various programs that enable individual employees to adopt a work style that best suits them and maximize their potential.
To support various work styles that align with each employee's department and job description, we have introduced a full-flextime system, allowing for flexible work hours and autonomous work arrangements.
All employees are provided with an environment in which they can work from locations other than the office, such as their home, a shooting location, on business trips, or from satellite offices. Employees can choose their work location autonomously, optimizing their performance according to their responsibilities and personal circumstances.
We prioritize face to face collaborations with activities such as brainstorming meetings, handovers, onboarding new employees or members, and other high context activities where collaboration is key. Employees are able to decide their work style for the day based on what is optimal not only for themselves but for their colleagues, teams, and the company.
Employees can take 10 consecutive days of additional leave every five years of service. Many employees take advantage of this system to recharge and refresh themselves.
Employees can accumulate unused annual paid leave up to a certain number of days. The accumulated leave can be used for child or nursing care, personal illness, or social contributions such as volunteer work.
Employees can take childcare leave until the end of the month when their child turns two years old. Regardless of gender, all employees have access to this system, and the number of men taking childcare leave is increasing.
Employees engaged in child care or nursing care or are undergoing medical treatment can choose work hours with no overtime or shorter working hours. We offer three types of shorter working hours, and employees raising children can choose prescribed or shortened hours regardless of the child's age.
Employees can take up to 10 days of paid leave per year per child to care for their sick child. Up to 10 days per year are treated as paid leave.
Employees can take up to 10 days of paid care leave per year, or take a leave of absence for up to one year in total for caregiving purposes.
We offer a program where employees can subsidize for babysitter services by using discount vouchers or other programs offered through babysitter agencies.
WOWOW's Code of Conduct states that "the company shall strive to maintain a healthy workplace environment where it is easy to work." We place great importance on employee well-being in order to maximize human capital. We actively promote health through lifestyle improvements, thereby enhancing both health and work performance. We also work to nurture health literacy, preventive awareness, and a psychologically safe work environment that enables employees to work vibrantly in an atmosphere that ensures support for mental wellness.
