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Lacking direction and Focus - Anonymous employee Rakuten Kobo Employee Review

1.0
Apr 16, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Smart people in the trenches, good pay, good perks.

Cons

Weak Leaders who do not provide direction or focus. Constantly changing strategies and direction causes employee to be in a state of constant chaos. Lack of communication from new leadership team on upcoming changes and structure of the company is causing stress and lack of direction for employees.

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