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      Relaxed management but slow decision-making and outdated tech - Senior Software Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

      4.0
      Mar 31, 2026
      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The management style is relaxed, with a work-life balance and a hybrid approach.

      Cons

      Decision-making and action are very slow, and the technology stack is relatively outdated.

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      5.0
      Mar 25, 2026
      Senior designer
      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 11, 2026
      Procurement manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      remote work, great benefits, executive communication

      Cons

      hard to get movement or pay raises. annual raises are lucky to be 3%

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