Thoughts on Mizuho & would I be crazy to turn down this offer?

Hi All,

I currently work in Treasury middle management at a <10bn asset size fintech Bank doing a mix of project management, ops, and capital management/stress testing. I make enough to be comfortable, and I'm learning a lot on the capital/balance sheet management side of things which is my ultimate goal. I also have great WLB (unlimited PTO, 2 days remote, 3 days in office with short Fridays, can take off or WFH whenever I want if I have doctors appts, sick kid, etc as long as I don't abuse it and get my work done). Bonus is typically 10-20% where I am.

I'm likely getting an offer from Mizuho for a 20% salary increase in a VP/Director liquidity management role. Here are my questions for anyone with insight into Mizuho or Mizuho-like culture:

  • What is work/life balance like?

  • What is the corporate culture like? Bureaucratic? Collaborative? Everyone is siloed off into their respective realm of expertise, or is there exposure to a lot of interesting things?

  • What can I expect for bonus? This is through a recruiter and he's saying 25% - 40% bonus, but I don't know if he's just making up numbers or if that's the norm.

  • Career paths: are there clearly defined tracks and a progression path, promotions from within?

  • Any insight into their benefits package/401k?

  • Broadly speaking, would I be crazy to turn this opportunity down? My biggest concern is WLB. If I'm making 20% more but if I'm also working 20% more hours it would not be worth it to me as I'd be missing out on time watching my newborn son grow up.

Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. If this is the wrong subforum for this type of post please let me know. Thank you!

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