Variety and autonomy, but low pay and lack of ownership - Data Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

4.0
May 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

variety, choose own work, international

Cons

below average salay, people not taking ownership of their work

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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 11, 2026
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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