Headcount Reduction Due to Delays in Mid-Career Hiring and Departures of Specialist Employees
First written in FY2022-Q3. 11 of 12 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2022. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 27 of 106 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2026MitigatedAnnual report
「The number of specialist employees, including cloud engineers, was 415 as of 31 March 2026 (359 in the same quarter of the previous year and 408 in the previous quarter).」
Specialist employee headcount increased from 359 in the same quarter of the previous year to 415, with headcount expansion continuing as the company addresses the previously reported risk of headcount decline due to recruitment delays and departures. - FY2026-H1MitigatedAnnual report
「The number of specialist employees, including cloud engineers, was 403 as of 30 September 2025 (337 in the same quarter of the previous year and 402 in the previous quarter). Of the new graduates joining in October 2025, 5 engineers will be graduates of science and engineering graduate schools.」
In response to the headcount decline caused by previously reported delays in experienced-hire recruitment and departures, specialist employee headcount increased, and new graduate hires are also scheduled. - FY2025-H1MitigatedAnnual report
「The number of specialist employees, including cloud engineers, was 337 as of 30 September 2024 (244 in the same quarter of the previous year and 324 in the previous quarter). Experienced-hire recruitment progressed ahead of plan.」
In response to the headcount decline caused by previously reported recruitment delays and departures, specialist employee headcount increased and experienced-hire recruitment is progressing ahead of plan. - FY2024MitigatedAnnual report
「The number of specialist employees, including cloud engineers, was 275 as of 31 March 2024 (192 in the same quarter of the previous year and 258 in the previous quarter), substantially exceeding the initial plan of 253.」
In response to the headcount decline caused by previously reported recruitment delays and departures, specialist employee headcount increased from 192 to 275 and exceeded the initial plan. - FY2024-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「The number of specialist employees, including cloud engineers, was 258 as of 31 December 2023 (174 in the same quarter of the previous year and 244 in the previous quarter), achieving the initial plan.」
In response to the specialist headcount decline caused by previously reported recruitment delays and departures, employee headcount increased, progressing to achievement of the initial plan. - FY2024-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「The number of specialist employees, including cloud engineers, increased to 244 as of 30 September 2023 (160 in the same quarter of the previous year and 233 in the previous quarter), at a pace ahead of plan.」
In response to the specialist headcount decline caused by previously reported delays in experienced-hire recruitment and departures, specialist headcount increased and recruitment is progressing at a pace ahead of plan. - FY2024-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「The number of specialist employees, including cloud engineers, increased to 233 as of 30 June 2023 (148 in the same quarter of the previous year and 192 in the previous quarter), at a pace ahead of plan, including the hiring of 25 new graduates.」
In response to the specialist headcount decline caused by previously reported recruitment delays and departures, specialist employee headcount increased to 233 and recruitment progressed at a pace ahead of plan. - FY2023-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「The number of specialist employees, including cloud engineers, increased to 174 as of 31 December 2022 (112 in the same quarter of the previous year and 160 in the previous quarter), exceeding the initial plan as experienced-hire recruitment progressed favorably through various recruitment initiatives.」
In response to the headcount decline caused by the previously reported delays in experienced-hire recruitment and departures, specialist headcount increased and experienced-hire recruitment progressed ahead of plan. - FY2023-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「The number of specialist employees, including cloud engineers, increased to 160 as of 30 September 2022 (114 in the same quarter of the previous year and 148 in the previous quarter), as experienced-hire recruitment progressed ahead of plan through various recruitment initiatives.」
In response to the headcount decline caused by the previously reported delays in experienced-hire recruitment and departures, specialist headcount increased and experienced-hire recruitment progressed ahead of plan. - FY2023-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「The number of specialist employees, including cloud engineers, increased to 148 as of 30 June 2022 (102 in the same quarter of the previous year and 118 at the end of the previous fiscal year). In addition to the hiring of 18 new employees who graduated from science and engineering graduate schools, experienced-hire recruitment also progressed favorably as a result of various recruitment initiatives.」
In response to the specialist headcount decline caused by the previously reported delays in experienced-hire recruitment and departures, the company stated that employee headcount had increased and experienced-hire recruitment was progressing favorably. - FY2022MitigatedAnnual report
「The number of specialist employees, including cloud engineers, increased to 118 as of 31 March 2022 (99 in the same quarter of the previous year and 112 in the previous quarter), recovering the pace of headcount growth needed to support high growth through various recruitment initiatives.」
In response to the headcount decline caused by recruitment delays and departures described in the previous filing, specialist headcount increased and the pace of headcount growth recovered. - FY2022-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「The number of specialist employees, including cloud engineers, was 112 as of 31 December 2021, a decrease of 2 from the end of the previous quarter. This was caused by delays in experienced-hire recruitment coinciding with multiple employee departures.」
The company stated that recruitment delays and multiple departures had occurred, resulting in a 2-person decline in specialist employee headcount from the end of the previous quarter.