Not a Tech Company - Software Developer Rakuten Employee Review

1.0
Jul 17, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excuse to use English and not Japanese in the office Free lunch

Cons

Mid management has no idea what the goal of the team or the company besides making more money Everything is top down. Forget about innovation. Work load is not evenly distributed within the team. Weekly morning meeting to listen to CEO bragging

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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
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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