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Would Not Recommend - Software Developer Rakuten Kobo Employee Review

1.0
May 24, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The decisions you make have a large impact

Cons

Lost a lot its culture since being purchased by Rakuten

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Rakuten Kobo Response
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We value the opinions of our former employees, which is why it saddens us to hear that you feel we lost some of our culture since joining the Rakuten family. Since joining Rakuten, we’ve been exposed to many exciting opportunities allowing us to integrate aligning principles and programs. Not only has it strengthened our core values and made our one team culture stronger, it has allowed us to achieve our main goal – to empower booklovers to read more – because we believe reading makes the world a better place. We wish you the best of luck with your future endeavours!

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