Rakuten Reviews

3.6

71% would recommend to a friend

(3,538 total reviews)
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Hiroshi Mikitani

78% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Rakuten has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 3,538 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rakuten employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
5 Jan 2026

Rakuten Rewards Fillr

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good work life balance Free lunches and good equipment

Cons

No innovation, chances are you’ll just be adding regular expressions even this age of ai Career growth is non-existent Engineering practices are weak Leadership lacks vision

3.0
29 Oct 2025

Mixed feelings

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Started off with a great culture, support and growth

Cons

Too much red tape. Mandating a return back to work starting January. Future heavily relaying on AI. I welcome innovation but not to the expense of the people that helped to build the company

4.0
27 May 2024

Fillr

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Flexible arrangements - Great people to work with

Cons

- Since acquisition from large company, the startup culture is starting to disappear as it becomes more "corporate".

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