Attitude - Applications Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

2.0
Oct 14, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. Free breakfast, lunch and dinner 2. Brand recognition 3. You can speak English.

Cons

1. Asakai, which drives most of people crazy. 2. Japanese work style although it says it’s a “global company”. 3. Low salary. 4. Your evaluation is fully controlled by your manager. 5. Innovation? Seriously? 6. Due date >>> quality 7. No training for new graduate engineers, they treat you as mid career employees. ...

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Cons

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Cons

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