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Submitting a review at xkula.com is very easy. It only takes about 5 ~ 10 minutes to fill out the form.

With that being said, some of you may have questions about specific fields.

When filling out the form, please write the reviews based on your personal experience.

Here is an example of what a company review will look like.

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Click on the image to see more about how your company reviews will appear on the site.

In the guide, we will explain clearly what each field in the form is asking you to fill out.

Page 1 #

Information entered on Page 1 will be shown on the upper part of the separator in the company review.

Company / Organization name:

Please provide the exact name of the company/organization. Please use the official name, not abbreviations or common names.

Your Nationality:

The nationality entered here will not be displayed as “Japanese” or “Not Japanese” on the individual company page.

Are you fluent in Japanese?

Please select your fluency level.

Please enter native languages other than Japanese (optional):

If you have several native languages, separate languages with “,”. Leave this open if you do not have another native languages other than Japanese.

gender:

Please select your gender.

Are you a current or former employee?:

Select “current” if you are still working for the company. Select “former” if you are not working at the company anymore.

Year you joined the company:

Select the year you joined the company.

Month you joined the company:

Select the month you joined the company.

Year you left the company:

This field will appear if you selected “former” in the previous question.

Select the year you left the company.

Month you left the company:

This field will appear if you selected “former” in the previous question.

Select the month you left the company.

Your department (optional):

Type the department you were most recently assigned to.

Example (Hardware, Advertisement, Logistics)

Your job title (optional):

Type the job title you were most recently assigned to.

Example (Customer Success, Inside Sales, Brand Marketing)

Your job level (optional):

Type the job level you were most recently assigned to.

Example (Analyst, Manager, Director)

Annual Salary (bonuses and stocks included):

Please enter your most recent total compensation. (This includes stock options and bonuses, overtime payment and any other form of monetary compensation)

How did you join the company:

If you joined the company right after graduating from school, select “New Grad”.

If you joined from another company, select “Mid-Career”.

If you are someone other than the above, please select “Other”.

Employment Type:

Select your employment type.

Page 2 #

Information entered on Page 2 will not be shown on the company review page, until there are more than two reviews about the company, and it will be shown separately from the image above.

(To learn more about how your company reviews will be displayed, please see Company A.)

Remote work per week:

Please enter the average number of days you were able to work remotely.

How many days of paid vacation have you used?:

Please enter the number of days you have used, paid holidays, and sick days and other personal paid holidays offered by the company, in your most recent tenure at the company.

Please enter 0 if you have not used any, or were not given any paid vacations.

Daily work hours:

Enter your average daily working hours at the company. (Do not include paid holidays when averaging your daily work hours.)

Daily meeting hours:

Enter your average hour of meetings you have participated in a day. (Do not include paid holidays when averaging your daily meetings.)

Vibe:

Please rate how good the vibe of the company was.

A vibe is a qualitative and vague term and can be rated based on your measurement of what a good vibe is.

Sense of pride:

Rate how proud you are to have worked at the company.

Communication:

Rate the openness and the ease of communication with your peers and bosses, within the company?

Support for non-native Japanese speakers:

Is there an environment and enough support for those who cannot communicate in Japanese fluently to work seamlessly within the company?

Diversity & Inclusion:

Rate how supportive the company was for people with diverse needs/backgrounds?

Work / Life Balance:

Do you think there is a good work/life balance?

Compensations & Benefits:

How satisfied are you with the compensation and benefits?

Evaluation System:

How satisfied are you with the promotion/compensation evaluation system?

Recommend to a friend:

How likely will you recommend a friend to join the company?

Page 3 #

Information entered on Page 3 will be shown on the bottom part of the separator on the company review.

(To learn more about how your company reviews will be displayed, please see Company A.)

How would you describe the company culture?:

Please describe the company culture from the perspective of your eyes.

How can the company improve on diversity & inclusion?:

Please describe how the company can improve the work environment to accept and support people with diverse needs.

What are some reasons for considering leaving or staying in the company?:

If you are planning on leaving the company, please describe why. If you are planning to stay, please describe why.

What should new hires expect when joining the company?:

Please describe what new hires should know and prepare before joining the company.

Advice to management (Optional):

This field is mainly to give feedback for making improvements to the company if there are any. This field is optional.

Page 4 #

There are no more additional fields, where you need to type or rate.

Summary:

This page shows the summary of what you have entered so far. Please check and see if there are any fields you would want to revise before submitting the form.

I have read and accepted the Review Guidelines.:

Please read the Review Guidelines before submitting the form.

If you have read and accepted the Review Guidelines, please check the box right next to it.

Now click submit, and your submission is complete.

Thank you for taking the time to complete the form.