Rakuten reviews

Where to start? They force their Japanese culture on all their global companies. Their CEO directly told every employee "If you don't like how I run the business, then leave". Not open to any input from the employees on any subject. Only cares about profits and power. Senior management scandals happen all the time. So monolithic that various teams are literally working in the opposite direction constantly, causing confusion to others.

First, read the rest of the negative reviews Rakuten has - everything they say is true. Leadership isn't very receptive to feedback and communication is oftentimes poor. There's miscommunication between Japan and US that obstructs business progress in the Americas. Things can change very fast, simply based off of a unilateral decision-making process. Employees have no drive and motivation to work hard, because the company is lacking in strong leadership to provide employees with a cohesive vision to fight for. People come in late and leave early all the time. I would recommend anybody looking into joining Rakuten to steer clear unless they want their career to fall into a black hole, at least until leadership changes.