Never work for a Japanese company - Software Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

1.0
Apr 1, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company's not too innovated. So developers do not need to work overtime.

Cons

Need to attend a lot of japanese meeting via the webcast. Meaningless stuff.

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5.0
Mar 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible Hours, Benefits, Pay, lunch provided 3 days per week,

Cons

There were no cons while I was there

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