TOKYO -- Japanese technology group NEC will offer qualified new hires annual pay of over 10 million yen ($92,000) in an effort to compete for top research and engineering talent with the likes of Google and Facebook, Nikkei has learned.
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NEC's Tokyo headquarters: The Japanese electronics group is breaking with traditional seniority-based pay scales. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
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