--- title: Atlus to raise salaries and 'reduce' fixed overtime description: Atlus is revising its compensation system starting April, raising entry-level monthly salaries from 300,000 yen to 330,000 yen and increasing base yearly... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/atlus-to-raise-salaries-and-reduce-fixed-overtime-yfc23hqpi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Atlus to raise salaries and 'reduce' fixed overtime | daily.dev og:description: Atlus is revising its compensation system starting April, raising entry-level monthly salaries from 300,000 yen to 330,000 yen and increasing base yearly... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/atlus-to-raise-salaries-and-reduce-fixed-overtime-yfc23hqpi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Yfc23hQPI.png og:image:alt: Atlus to raise salaries and 'reduce' fixed overtime og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Atlus to raise salaries and 'reduce' fixed overtime **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Atlus is revising its compensation system starting April, raising entry-level monthly salaries from 300,000 yen to 330,000 yen and increasing base yearly salaries for all full-time and contract employees by approximately 15 percent. The company is also reducing fixed monthly overtime from 30 hours to 20 hours. The move is framed as an investment in employee creativity and productivity. Parent company Sega made a similar announcement in November, also raising entry-level salaries to 330,000 yen and boosting existing employee base pay by around 10 percent. The trend extends across the Japanese games industry, with Capcom and Konami also raising salaries in recent years. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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