GMO-PG Selected "Great Place to Work" 2018 Selected as one of the best companies in the 2018 edition of "Great Place to Work "
~Awarded for three consecutive years for unique human resource development and welfare programs~

GMO GMO Payment Gateway, Inc., Ltd. (TSE: Securities Code 3769, President & Chief Executive Officer: Issei Ainoura, GMO-PG), which develops comprehensive payment-related services and finance-related services in the GMO Internet Group, is a Great Place to. In the 2018 edition Great Place to Work to Work For" ranking conducted by WorkR Institute Japan (hereinafter referred to as GPTW Japan), we were selected as the best company for the third consecutive year.

GMO-PG believes that the honor for the third consecutive year is a result of its initiatives to share its vision with all of its partners (employees), aiming for continued growth for the company and its businesses based on the concept that "a company is its people" while making continued efforts to provide a better welfare program and a unique human resources training system. GMO-PG will continue to aim to become an even more worthwhile company to work for as it strives to offer safe and secure services and offer peace of mind to its customers.

* Please see the GPTW Japan website for "Best Workplaces" Japan rankings for 2018.
URL: https://hatarakigai.info/ranking/

"Best Workplaces" by GPTW Japan is an awareness study conducted on employees at companies entered in the ratings for a survey that has been conducted in approximately 50 countries throughout the world for more than two decades. The survey defines "a great workplace" as "a company where employees trust the company, its leaders, and its managers, have pride in their work, and are able to feel a sense of solidarity with their colleagues" and positions the five elements "trust", "respect", "fairness", "pride", and "solidarity" as the components that make a company worth working for.

For three years running, GMO-PG has been selected a best company in the 2018 rankings for the category for companies with 100 to 999 employees. Based on its belief that "a company is its people", GMO-PG has been aiming to realize its corporate objective to achieve "a continuation of its 25% growth in operating profit" and sharing its future vision for the company and its business with all of its partners for sustained growth in the medium and long term as an organization that moves forward together. GMO-PG feels that the key to winning the award for three straight years was the continuation of these attempts raising satisfaction to work among each and every one of its partners.

We at GMO-PG have in place our proprietary talent development and employee benefit system that is designed to encourage each partner to take ownership and pride in the work and to continuously strive to achieve the highest levels of professionalism.

1. An array of human resources development programs such as training in special skills and future executive development

The company holds study sessions with managements, beginning with the president, on such areas as corporate culture, business expertise, and specialized knowledge. It also conducts an array of human resources development initiatives such as training for managers, training in special skills by breakdown of job classification, and programs for the development of executives.

2) Self-designed career path system

To enable each partner to determine and develop their own career path, the company employs a "career design system" that offers partner a chance to present their desires for transfers or job rotations once a year, based on their visions for their growth and the job details and skills that they would like to acquire. The company also offers a "Year-Round Recruitment of Potential Talent", where new graduates can choose to join the company in October as well as the usual April period, and they may also choose where they would like to be placed after getting a taste of each division during a training period to promote the motivation. With these systems, the company has built a framework that provides employees with a better awareness of "designing one's own career path" and develops them.
There are also opportunities for partners to take on challenges even if they may still be young, a structure where individual capacities are evaluated regardless of gender or nationality, and a "360-degree appraisal system" in which subordinates evaluate their superiors, as the company makes efforts to facilitate an environment where all staff are evaluated fairly and are able to develop themselves.

3) Employee Benefits to foster a friendly workplace

GMO-PG holds a special overseas training course for outstanding partners selected from the various divisions, as part of efforts to create a highly motivated workplace.
As a GMO Internet group company, numerous employee benefits are in place to enable partner's to focus on their work, such as 24/7 Communication Space with free food and drinks, an onsite nursery, onsite massage room, relaxation room (for short rests), as well as concierge services that offers dry cleaning, restaurant booking for corporate events and, gift selection/purchases.

4) Unique benefits to encourage "the spirit of gratitude"

To foster the corporate culture of "the spirit of gratitude," GMO-PG provides a Filial Piety Allowance, and the "Education Insurance Allowance" that supplements the education insurance premiums, in addition to the standard way and allowance package. A very unique allowance called Life Plan Allowance is given to encourage partners to proactively design their life.
GMO-PG provides unique benefits such as the Spousal Maternity Leave, Family Support Leave (Pregnancy Support) and Staggered Working Hours, in addition to the standard Maternity Leave and Child Care Leave system to enable parents to raise children comfortably.