Company is growing fast but employees' growth is restricted. - Applications Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

3.0
Feb 1, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Job security. As this is a Japanese company, it would be very very rare that you get fired.

Cons

- Lower compensation compared to American companies. - Slow growth, which actually depends on the years you spend in the company.

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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
Jul 9, 2026
Recommend
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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.

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