Good for fresh graduates but for long term career development - Business Unit New Grad Rakuten Employee Review

2.0
May 25, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

-Sales call training is very demanding, but since sale call is still important in Japan, this might get you in the door to the next job -It is a company that is frequently talked about in Japan; recruiters contact you a lot on LinkedIn after the first 6 months -Many foreigners are hired so you get to practice English; TOEIC training is also for free

Cons

-Assignment happens after training period so in theory, it matches your background and training performance; but in reality it is not. Department assignments seem very random and not the same as HR tells you about during interviews; Japanese new grads get assigned to branches far away in short notice, and it is not easy to come back. -New grads with undergrads degree gets almost zero bonus for the first 15 months; and when you finally get it, company decides to turn a big part of it into stock option with crazy vesting policy -Very typical upside-down decision making and long hours required for tasks that could have been done faster if not manually; also first 40 hours of over time is not paid

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5.0
Mar 25, 2026
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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
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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

Cons

There were no cons while I was there

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