Rakuten reviews

3.6

72% would recommend to a friend

(3,548 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 3,548 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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4K reviews
4.0
Mar 27, 2017

Salary

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Our salaries are generally higher than that of other IT companies in Japan

Cons

Some of our payment can withdraw and get money as cash after 3 to 4 years thanks to stock-option system. You might lose the right to get them if you leave Rakuten in terms of non-granted options

4.0
Mar 26, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great atmosphere at work, became genuine friends with many colleagues, learned a lot, environment very open for initiative and ideas coming from all levels of staff

Cons

Pay wasn't great, communication issues and split culture between all various locations.

4.0
Mar 20, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1) Working environment is good and friendly. 2) HR members are very helpful and supportive. 3) Work in latest technology and good exposure to world's tech trends. 4) Cafeteria provides very testy food 3 times a day.

Cons

1) Not all department has same working environment. 2) Sometime work load increases but not that much.

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