Not for talented people - Senior Software Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

2.0
16 Oct 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* Free Lunch/Breakfast. * Company is in a good location. * Rakuten as a Company is great.Good if you get to work in Japan center. * Good work-life balance

Cons

I could see a lot of fake reviews here. This is not a place for ambitious talents! * The top management keeps changing and it's not strong enough to keep the reputatation of Rakuten * Tech leads and Development managers are not Technically sound. * The managers and Technical leads are not ready to take responsibilities.They just dump on the heads of others and enjoy their life. * Hell of internal politics. Good rapport with your manager is the key to success here. * Lot of great talents have left the company due to this. * No proper policies and it keeps changing. * Nobody responds to your concerns.

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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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