Has opportunities and flaws - Anonymous employee Rakuten Employee Review

3.0
Sep 29, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits, opportunities for those who are motivated.

Cons

Layers and layers of bureaucracy, followed by rampant hiring of new people who are trying to change the organization too quickly.

Explore other reviews about Rakuten

5.0
Mar 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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
Jul 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits and some managers were supportive and helpful.

Cons

Cuthroat environment. Most of the other managers micromanaged and put unrealistic deadlines while asking you to train other employees.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All