Rakuten reviews

3.6

72% would recommend to a friend

(3,549 total reviews)
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Hiroshi Mikitani

76% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Rakuten has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 3,549 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rakuten employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Jul 13, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Basically, There are only English speaker in the office even security guards can speak English. Free lunch and gym in the office. atmosphere in workplace was really good. there are many international workers and they are friendly too. A lot of opportunities to work outside Japan as well.

Cons

Working hard. it is like typical Japanese working culture. many worker stayed late at the office as voluntarily . most people are dissatisfied with their salary.

1.0
Jul 6, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The only pros were the people and the perks before, but both are gone now.

Cons

No perks, ridiculous hours, not much vacation, terrible management, no standards, bad practices, clients that hate the company, untrustworthy HR, high employee turnover, bad projects, favoritism, language barriers caused by management who do not understand US English, terrible office with not enough conference rooms and no privacy, lies, deception, no growth, no challenges...the list can go on, the worst company you could ever work for.

1.0
Jul 1, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Complimentary lunch and breakfast once a week Team bonding/fun days out

Cons

Leadership - non existent. Management have no idea what they are doing. Account management team completely overworked. Very high employee turnover - very demotivating. Lack of structure in the business and with teams. Too many meetings on a weekly basis for no good reason, just a waste of time. An opportunity for management/seniors to exert their "power" over those below them. No pension. Maternity pay is ridiculous for a company of it's size. Japanese work ethic - we are not in Japan. No real training given to new hires. Pay is terrible. Office is unsafe and unsightly. Feels like a call centre with everyone sitting in long rows of tables. Cables/wires all over the floor - health hazard! No UK HR department - no one to talk to if you have a problem. Expected to work overtime without being paid for it. MD knows nothing about affiliate marketing!

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