Rakuten reviews

3.6

70% would recommend to a friend

(3,523 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 3,523 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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4.0
Jun 19, 2013

Free lunch is nice

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Pros

Free lunch is nice. The location (Shinagawa seaside) is very convenient. Salary standard is relatively high. Depending on the division you will belong to, they have pretty nice automated testing environment.

Cons

For younger engineers, I can't recommend Rakuten. Because their education system is pretty unorganized. If you have just graduated from a university, and would become an excellent programmer, Rakuten isn't the best choice.

5.0
Jan 24, 2013

Challenging work while still remaining fun

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Committed, talented people you're collaborating/innovating with - Management experience and expertise - Ambitious goals, supported by the parent company Rakuten - Cool office conveniently located right at South Station - Free daily lunch, lots of drinks, snacks (including espresso machine and kegerator) - Monthly outings/parties, ping pong room,

Cons

- Things move quickly, need to be prepared to work

4.0
Jan 3, 2013

Challenging and rewarding environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The company has been growing rapidly, and there are many both technical and business challenges remaining. There's quite a lot of flexibility how you perform and which projects you work on, since the company is expanding its business horizon, both domestically and internationally.

Cons

Depending on departments, there's simply too much work for individual employees to work on, leading too much stress. The HQ is trying to push its culture to virtually every subsidiary, which I suspect some non-Japanese employees might find difficulties getting along with.

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