Not recommended for engineers - Software Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

2.0
Jul 8, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Free meals - Opportunity to go to a overseas conference - Transportation allowance - Good neighborhood near HQ - Open workspace with height-adjustable standing desks -

Cons

- Poor middle management - Mandatory company-wide morning meeting every Monday, which is meaningless for engineers - Managers generally have no background in technology - Top-down decision making and management - Promotion is practically based on how long you stay in the company - Company values more on managers than engineers - Budgets for tech side is not independent of business side

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5.0
Mar 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
CEO approval
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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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