Was a fun place to work, now average... - Software Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

3.0
8 July 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

This used to be such a great company to work at with interesting projects in development and IT managers which are helpful and supportative. I still really like my job here though not as much as I used to before the downturn. Retail has become a difficult sector in general but online is the only place to be in retail so if this company can succeed with their goals it might really take off and become huge.

Cons

The company was bought by a Japanese conglomerate, most all perks have disappeared and everyone is now working at long open tables which is totally distracting. The pressure is on to do more with less. Not too sure if new remote control management from Japan is capable of measuring up to the task they've been assigned. They want to grow our company into the equivalent of Amazon... which while a nice goal is going to be harder than hard. We'll see what happens.

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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
22 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible Hours, Benefits, Pay, lunch provided 3 days per week,

Cons

There were no cons while I was there

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