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Good enough place to start - Marketing Rakuten Kobo Employee Review

3.0
Mar 26, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible hours You'll meet some really cool people, there's some really smart people in there It's a good place to begin your career Office staff are really friendly, they will try their best to acommodate your working area

Cons

The pay is not what it could be Racial inequality, there are teams with really smart people who have been working there for years but the promotions seem to still be given to the usual crowd Don't expect a promotion or salary raise, very low growth oportunities

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Rakuten Kobo Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We appreciate the kind words about our people and employee perks however we do want to discuss your call-outs in regards to pay and promotions. At Rakuten Kobo, we review employee compensation against external benchmark data at least annually to ensure we remain competitive in the market. We look at total compensation - base, bonus and Rakuten stock options (which are Full Value Stock Awards). Also, we encourage all team members to discuss their career goals and learning development plan with their manager during the mid year and/or year end review. Our L&D Specialist or Senior HR Manager is also able to provide career support. Thank you again for sharing your feedback and we wish you all the best in your future endeavours.

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