Not awful as a first job but no room for mid/long-term career advancement - Anonymous employee Rakuten Employee Review

2.0
Sep 1, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It's more global than most other Japanese companies; the starting pay is slightly higher than the average for new graduates right out of college; great people depending on the department.

Cons

Long work hours and mediocre compensation package when compared with the US, still a very domestic Japanese company, poor middle management, organizational restructuring occurs too often, sudden and unexpected internal transfers common, business-side is always understaffed.

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5.0
Mar 25, 2026
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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
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Pros

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

Cons

There were no cons while I was there

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