Good learning, but long hours - Senior Sofware Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

5.0
Aug 23, 2025
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Pros

“Supportive and collaborative coworkers” “Good work-life balance” “Flexible hours / remote options” “Opportunities to learn new skills” “International environment” “Challenging projects that keep you engaged” “Stable company with strong reputation” “Career growth opportunities” “Managers who actually listen” “Decent benefits package”

Cons

“Long hours expected” “High workload with tight deadlines” “Poor work-life balance”

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5.0
Mar 25, 2026
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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
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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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