Is Rakuten a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Rakuten have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 474 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Rakuten employees being 3.6 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Rakuten now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Rakuten .

Does Rakuten pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Rakuten with 3.0 out of 5 stars based on 474 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 9.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Rakuten.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Rakuten?

71% of Software Developer employees at Rakuten would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 6% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Rakuten with a 3.6 rating for work-life-balance, 4.0 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.5 rating for culture and values and 3.2 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Rakuten?

Software Engineer (472) , Senior Software Engineer (176) , Applications Engineer (129) , Product Manager (94) , Project Manager (80) , Data Scientist (62) , Manager (59) , Associate Software Engineer (51) , Account Manager (45) , Software Developer (39) , Technical Intern (33) , Intern (29) , Systems Engineer (29) , Devops Engineer (27) , Internship (26)

What are the pros of working at Rakuten according to real employee reviews?

"Also good work life balance because products are not profitable which leads to no major development work." ((in 247 reviews)); "Free food and drinks 24/7; very casual attire; mid" ((in 207 reviews)); "People are nice in my department" ((in 184 reviews)); "Good benefits including some paid lunches each week and you cant forget the In" ((in 128 reviews)); "Free meals and snacks" ((in 108 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Rakuten according to real employee reviews?

"1. Salary is low for fresh graduate (I heard that the salary of mid" ((in 282 reviews)); "Management is bad and HRs are not friendly." ((in 198 reviews)); "Some groups have very high attrition for senior managers due to lack of clarity of role." ((in 138 reviews)); "Leadership is weak and only knows how to emulate their Japanese counterpart which doesn't seem to work in the US." ((in 45 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 34 reviews))

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Rakuten Software Developer reviews

3.6

71% would recommend to a friend

(474 total reviews)

Hiroshi Mikitani

68% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

3.0

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Senior management

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Rakuten with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 474 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Rakuten is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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474 reviews

3.0

May 23, 2014

Work hard, learn hard but less salary

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you are workaholic and love to learn many new business and people, Rakuten is good as the company is growing fast. It is hiring more and more talented foreigners who will be an important part in changing the company into the great global one.

Cons

Small salary and you need to choose team and department wisely. (You need a little inside to help you.) Many teams here are still domestics and too traditional with too much top-down structures. You will feel good only when you are in a global team but feel the worst and wanna quit right away in a domestic one.

3.0

Dec 9, 2013

A changing Japanese company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Professional, dedicated coworkers and truly world-class talent -Company's upper management is truly dedicating to changing the way business works in Japan -Mikitani is a brillaint man that went to Harvard and truly understands how the business world works -Englishnizastion has made a lot of progress in two years -Free lunch -Lots of opportunities for hard-working young people and foreigners -Shinagawa is a beautiful part of Tokyo I would -not- recommend this company to someone unless you are willing to work hard. Don't go in expecting a Western workplace, despite the recruitment promises.

Cons

-Many middle managers are supporting a broken status quo -Work/life balance is typical of a Japanese company -Partnered staff often speak no or very little English -Bureaucratic processes and repetitive meetings need an organizational rethinking and unification procedures -Level of English still is far from where it needs to be -Pay rate is well below market, but that's changing

2.0

Sep 6, 2013

Fun while it lasted

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good people, culture, location and great places to eat

Cons

No direction, under paid, no career advancement

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