Structured, But Not For Me - Senior Software Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

3.0
May 21, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Well-defined structure clearly indicates routes people can take to advance their career within the company - Willing to help employees of all levels relocate to Japan - A variety of offers

Cons

- Compared to similar work in other organizations, lower than average base pay, with too much emphasis on bonuses - Strong "encouragement" to respond nearly always on-call, resulting in a poor work-life balance - [In 2022] Return to office was heavily pushed, though most meetings and interactions were conducted on Zoom, ultimately leaving the impression that RTO pushes did not lead to better productivity than just WFH

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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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