A Stepping Stone with Great Learning Opportunities - Software Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

4.0
Jun 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good and free food. Good WLB Diverse project portfolio with latest tech stack.

Cons

Disconnects between different departments can lead to shifting requirements or duplicated effort. Some managers are rude

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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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