Is Rakuten a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Rakuten have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 474 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Rakuten employees being 3.6 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Rakuten now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Rakuten .

Does Rakuten pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Rakuten with 3.0 out of 5 stars based on 474 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 9.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Rakuten.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Rakuten?

71% of Software Developer employees at Rakuten would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 6% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Rakuten with a 3.6 rating for work-life-balance, 4.0 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.5 rating for culture and values and 3.2 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Rakuten?

Software Engineer (472) , Senior Software Engineer (176) , Applications Engineer (128) , Product Manager (94) , Project Manager (80) , Data Scientist (62) , Manager (59) , Associate Software Engineer (51) , Account Manager (45) , Software Developer (39) , Technical Intern (33) , Intern (29) , Systems Engineer (29) , Devops Engineer (27) , Internship (26)

What are the pros of working at Rakuten according to real employee reviews?

"Also good work life balance because products are not profitable which leads to no major development work." ((in 262 reviews)); "Free food for 3 meals per day (you have to arrive early and leave late for breakfast and dinner)." ((in 206 reviews)); "Nice people to work with" ((in 182 reviews)); "Good benefits including some paid lunches each week and you cant forget the In" ((in 129 reviews)); "Free meals and snacks" ((in 102 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Rakuten according to real employee reviews?

"1. Salary is low for fresh graduate (I heard that the salary of mid" ((in 283 reviews)); "Management is bad and HRs are not friendly." ((in 195 reviews)); "Some groups have very high attrition for senior managers due to lack of clarity of role." ((in 134 reviews)); "Leadership is weak and only knows how to emulate their Japanese counterpart which doesn't seem to work in the US." ((in 42 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 33 reviews))

Rakuten Software Developer reviews

3.5

71% would recommend to a friend

(474 total reviews)

Hiroshi Mikitani

68% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

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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

3.0

Dec 19, 2014

Japanese company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- free lunch - many opportunities for woking abroad - largest e-commerce site in Japan where you can try many technical challenges such as distributed computing etc

Cons

- language barrier between Japanese and non-Japanese - different pov between Asian and Western - vague evaluation metrics

4.0

Oct 7, 2014

Great work. Average compensation

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very open minded people. (Depends on your team. If foreigners, you will have a great time. If traditional Japanese, you might have a hard time here) You can try new things and make your presence felt.

Cons

Average compensation. Middle level management is not that strong. CEO is visionary. Attrition rate of good developers is high.

1.0

Aug 22, 2014

Imagine working in Beirut

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Food. Lots of food and some beer. Convenient to trains. Did I mention food? Oh, yes, and the food. Lot's of food, which is great because you can't find the time to go home.

Cons

Nepotism, cronyism, cold-blooded CTO with little talent and a huge ego, an HR Department that enables the maniacal CTO, not-so-bright-rich-kid CEO more obsessed with interior design than managing his CTO, noisy, and endless hours of boring work.

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