Rakuten Software Developer reviews

3.5

71% would recommend to a friend

(474 total reviews)
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Hiroshi Mikitani

68% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Rakuten with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 474 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Rakuten is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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474 reviews
4.0
Oct 18, 2016

Good experience

Recommend
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Pros

Technology exposure & hands on training Young Japanese manager who understood & supported the local team Possible onsite opportunities to Tokyo both short term & long term (after some duration)

Cons

Tokyo based major decision making due to lack of a local lead in my team Lower salary compared to other start ups new org with basic policies which needs to be updated

2.0
Sep 22, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

* Very good company for a new graduate because you will be taught everything from zero. You get lot of time to learn. * Work environment is very good * Office and cafeteria is good

Cons

* Minimum 2 years you will not get good hike. * You can only negotiate during hiring because after that you wont get any hike. * You will see people gets hired at more salary than you and doing nothing. Lets say an employee who is working in Rakuten for 2 years, he will get zero hike in 2 years but same if employee from other company with 2 years experience is hired he will get 50% higher than an employee who is already in Rakuten since 2 years.

1.0
Sep 15, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

1) Global exposure 2) Build a talented team in India 3) Its a collective effort that we've build a very diverse team in Rakuten India 4) If nurtured properly, it has a great potential 5) Management is trying to cope up with the situation but it doesn't seems to be enough

Cons

1) Most of the IT hub in Bangalore lies in the other direction of the city hence most of the IT population stays there. We need to understand that public transportation is not very effective in BLR; by reasons of its own. So commuting to office is a challenge for most of the employees. This is Rakuten India’s Achilles heel. 2) Rakuten India is brittle, moreover it’s in a state of resonance; if the frequency increases a li'l bit more, it will shatter. 3) The talented teams we have, may dissolve rapidly. 4) People losing motivation as there is a big void when it comes to; whom to look up to? 5) Overall mood is very negative, which could be directed to positivity if right things are done at the right time. But who should decide what is right?

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