Rakuten reviews

3.6

71% would recommend to a friend

(3,539 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 3,539 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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4K reviews
4.0
Aug 20, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Bright people from all over the world. Interesting business vision. Fairly high salary for a new glad. Enables you to handle your own projects/clients from early stages of your career.

Cons

Company atmosphere is very Japanese if you are working on the domestic side. Work in a very small team; if your manager does not like you, you might have tough times. Englishnization under much difficulty.

4.0
Aug 13, 2014

Rakuten being 'global'

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Bosses in higher position are very considerate. You can meet a lot of interesting people from all over the world as colleagues.

Cons

My direct manager's style was quite the old Japanese way - demotivating. Training was basically just a quick run through and as a newcomer, you have to figure the rest on your own.

4.0
Aug 4, 2014

Have to work hard, but company is going places

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company is looking to grow rapidly, has acquired 3 other businesses over the past 3 years. Opportunities to move to other departments/countries with the business Company rewards performing staff

Cons

Training could be more structured Workload is high Office space needs a revamp No current pension scheme in place

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