Culture - Applications Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

3.0
11 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

∙ Fast-paced, entrepreneurial culture with opportunity for rapid growth ∙ Competitive salary and benefits packages ∙ Exposure to diverse business segments (e-commerce, fintech, telecom, sports) ∙ International environment with English widely used ∙ Merit-based advancement opportunities

Cons

∙ High workload and long working hours, especially during peak seasons ∙ Hierarchical decision-making despite entrepreneurial messaging ∙ Frequent organizational restructuring can create uncertainty ∙ Language barrier (Japanese-heavy meetings despite English policy) ∙ Work-life balance can be challenging

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5.0
25 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Rakuten Rewards has great life balance. Too bad the economy was getting rocked.

Cons

Don't really have any cons. I understand that the market's been hard so had to downsize the force, so that was kinda challenging. Hopefully AI will increase everyone's output.

4.0
11 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

remote work, great benefits, executive communication

Cons

hard to get movement or pay raises. annual raises are lucky to be 3%

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