Blooming US HQ in San Mateo with its own problems - Director Rakuten Employee Review

3.0
14 Dec 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Great and friendly crowd. Refreshing after already 10+ year in the Silicon Valley - Great opportunity for the Rakuten USA to expand aggressively in the US

Cons

- Silo'ed business units focused on their own P&L without much regional collaboration - Cultural misfit of Japan vs US (e.g., no work from home policy) - Benefits and Perks are below average vs other companies - Disparate offices make meeting and working logistics harder

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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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