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Amazing environment - Anonymous employee Rakuten Kobo Employee Review

5.0
Dec 19, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

People are extremely nice and helpful, always willing to help. Collaboration is also very tight-nit and the team is always aware of the company direction.

Cons

Office is old, development floor is extremely dark compared to the other 2 floors.

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Rakuten Kobo Response
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Thanks for the feedback, as you're well aware teamwork is one of our core values! We do understand that it's a little darker (partly by choice of some developers) on the second floor in the Toronto office. Older buildings provide a lot of character which can be fun, but of course they have some downfalls too! To strike a good balance, we just invested in replacing ballasts on the 2nd and 3rd floors to improve the lighting quality. Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback.

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