Work and life balance is good as software engineer - Senior Software Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

4.0
Jan 25, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

not much overtime work. they have gym. free lunch, breakfast and dinner.

Cons

more than 10K employee in Japanese area, so space may be small.

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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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