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
1.0
Dec 12, 2016

Honest Review

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some good people that you connect with while in the burning ship of Rakuten together. Free lunches sometimes. Good health insurance.

Cons

HR asks people to write fake reviews because it is more important to them to have a good rating than actually fixing the core problems. Clients and employees leave left and right, the product lacks in every aspect. It has caused serious problems for clients during peak times of sales. There is a direct connection between employee and customer turn over, seems like leadership can't get their heads on straight. The executive team here lacks every attribute of a leader and are yes men to the senior leadership. They have the company praise the senior leadership team, it feels like a cult gathering when they visit.

2.0
Mar 14, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

No overtime (at least for the departments I worked for) Free breakfast, lunch, and dinner (reasonable quality but not so good)

Cons

You will not be promoted within the first 12 months (no matter how good you are) Way too many projects are outsourced, so employees often has nothing to work on! In some departments not knowing Japanese will be a big issue (even though official language is English) Terrible evaluation system which is not based on your achievements and technical skills as an engineer Engineers and non-engineers get paid the same amount based on the grade in company! Salary increase is too low when your grade increases As a foreigner I was treated horribly by Japanese managers

1.0
Aug 25, 2015

Not for talented and determined people

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good location and perks. Awesome peers to work with.

Cons

Lack of career growth path and direction. Upper management do not respect employees' opinions.

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