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Great company to work for! - Anonymous employee Rakuten Kobo Employee Review

4.0
Jul 7, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

By far the best thing about Kobo - the people. Great innovative atmosphere with fun, intelligent, driven people. Lots of opportunity to learn and develop if you seek it out and prove yourself. Also a lot of opportunity to make decisions and affect change. Good perks (extra long weekends in the summer months, happy hour, stocked kitchens, cool office and location, flexible work hours/ability to work from home) and a great benefits package. Meaningful work and product. Everyone is passionate about the industry and what we are doing.

Cons

Kobo expects a lot of it's employees which to me is a good thing but it can be challenging. If you're looking for a slower paced job or you don't thrive in a demanding environment this may not be the place for you. There has been a lot of change (as there is for any young growing company), this can be uncomfortable for some people and can understandably create uncertainty. I personally feel that things have stabilized a lot since some of the other comments here.

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Pros

Free ebook every week, good benefits, free lunch every day if you’re in the office.

Cons

Extremely siloed to the point where people in the same team don’t even communicate. A lot of people that are hired are not fit for the role they are hired for. A lot of favortism, same people getting recognition over and over again even for mediocre work. They try to sell this image of being a friendly brand/company to work for but there is a good amount of hostility, cliques and politics within the org that make it difficult to navigate. Pay is not competitive.

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