Rakuten Senior Software Engineer reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(185 total reviews)
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Hiroshi Mikitani

76% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer employees have rated Rakuten with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 185 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Rakuten is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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185 reviews
4.0
Aug 22, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

New management in India is good. There are elevating Product Development & Technology. There is flexibility to move to different groups / projects to learn more. COmpany is very diversified. Decent Work Life Balance.

Cons

Japan side is slow in decision making and needs to take big bold decisions. Benefits can get better.

1.0
Aug 11, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Working with Japanese teams Timings Less work pressure but more mental pressure

Cons

Merit doesn't have value hiring by management reference all ex Oracle n spire technology employees Wasting interviewer and interviewee time as finally a referral candidate is hired even if not a fit Relieve early put meritorious people without reference on PIP to fire No projects but still hiring

1.0
Jun 29, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

* Free cafeteria * Good company reputation in Japan. A good stepping stone. * Very good location. You can find everything in Futakotamagawa

Cons

* Japan Ichiba hired a lot of partner staffs (contractors). Regular employee usually doesn't get involved in "real" development work. * Japan Ichiba asked every regular employee to be on call for emergency matters. If you get alter mails you have to response and cope with it in timely manner. To make matter worse, they even didn't mention any single word regarding "on-call duty" in the offer letter. (Not to mention the poor salary) * It is hardly to use any new technology in Japan Ichiba. You couldn't get budget if it can't make money. (No budget, no work) * Bonus is based on your rank. Not the performance.

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