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      Emerging Global company. Setting new standards in Japan. - Software Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

      4.0
      Mar 10, 2015
      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Very supportive hiring process and VISA assistance. Very qualified and talented people from many countries of the world. Achieved significant success with Englishinzation project. Great work life balance specially in a Japanese company. Defined processes being a large organization. Very popular in Japan, people respect you once they get to know taht you work at Rakuten.

      Cons

      Low compensation, hence bad retention rate. Too many meetings and presentations.

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      5.0
      Mar 25, 2026
      Senior designer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Rakuten Rewards has great life balance. Too bad the economy was getting rocked.

      Cons

      Don't really have any cons. I understand that the market's been hard so had to downsize the force, so that was kinda challenging. Hopefully AI will increase everyone's output.

      4.0
      Jun 22, 2026
      Lead facilities coordinator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Flexible Hours, Benefits, Pay, lunch provided 3 days per week,

      Cons

      There were no cons while I was there

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