A fun place to work - Software Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

4.0
13 Sept 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very friendly company Monthly events to improve teamwork and interaction Flexible hours Great benefits package Great leadership from management

Cons

Geared towards internet technology, but we do cover a range of programming/scripting languages

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5.0
25 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
Business outlook

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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