Metal Gear Solid publisher Konami has announced that it is increasing the start salary for its Japanese employees for the fifth year in a row.
The base salary for college graduates will be increased by 29% to 310,000 yen, up from 240,000 yen per month back in February 2023. The base salary for all employees is being increased by 5,000 yen per month.
This will enable us to offer competitive compensation for new recruits and create an environment where talented employees can thrive with a sense of satisfaction in their work.
Since our founding in 1969, Konami Group has engaged in creating new forms of fun by globally providing innovative products and services that capture the era’s crest of the wave.
The source of our competitiveness in creating these products and services lies in our human resources itself, and we intend to continue to generate innovation driven by our diverse human resources. By consistently investing in human capital, including the raise of base-salary this time, we will aim to improve employee engagement and continue to create better products and services.
Looking five to ten years ahead into the future, Konami Group is committed to achieving sustainable growth by securing diverse and talented human resources, maximizing the abilities of our employees and creating both a comfortable and satisfying working environment.
Konami has been revisiting some of its biggest franchises in the past few years, with Silent Hill in particular seeing a major revival with a remake of Silent Hill 2, a brand new entry with Silent Hill f, plus the upcoming Silent Hill Townfall. In addition, Bloober Team is also working on a Silent Hill 1 Remake. Meanwhile, it also released a remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and is bringing back Castlevania with a new outing in the form of Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse.
[Source – VGC]
