Great WLB and Culture, terrible compensation - Software Developer Rakuten Kobo Employee Review

We are happy to hear that you found the work life balance at Rakuten Kobo to be healthy and your fellow colleagues to be great people to work with. We couldn’t agree with you more on this! Our employees are what make Rakuten Kobo a great place to work. While we review employee compensation annually against benchmark market data we acknowledge the market is moving quickly and are reviewing data more frequently and are about to launch our 2022 compensation cycle. Our Global Total Rewards team works closely with our parent company to ensure we are offering a competitive salary not only in the market we work in, but across Rakuten as a whole. We review employee salaries on a regular basis to ensure our employees are being compensated fairly. As part of our Total Rewards framework, we also offer bonuses, RRSP matching, and stock options. We also offer a generous annual Flexible Spending Account, internet allowance, travel allowance, as well as a generous training and development budget to help employees further develop their careers. Although these might not be considered as salary, they are an additional financial investment we are happy to make in our employees because, as you said, great people make a business, and we believe we have some of the best employees out there. Thank you for taking the time to write to us and we wish you all the best!