Good stepping stone to Japan, not so good corporate culture - Senior Software Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

3.0
Feb 24, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

One of the most internationalized Japanese companies in Japan. Fairly renowned household name in Japan. Good first experience in Japan.

Cons

Business-driven. Not a technology company. Leadership is fairly unsatisfactory. Corporate culture mostly based on deflection of responsibilities. Exploration is not encouraged and failure is punished.

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5.0
Mar 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Rakuten Rewards has great life balance. Too bad the economy was getting rocked.

Cons

Don't really have any cons. I understand that the market's been hard so had to downsize the force, so that was kinda challenging. Hopefully AI will increase everyone's output.

4.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible Hours, Benefits, Pay, lunch provided 3 days per week,

Cons

There were no cons while I was there

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