Friendly culture, but pay could be better - Anonymous employee Rakuten Kobo Employee Review

4.0
May 27, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly people Good work culture Good work life balance

Cons

Pay is not amazing AI was talked about but no real plan/strategy on how to use

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3.0
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Pros

Free ebook every week, good benefits, free lunch every day if you’re in the office.

Cons

Extremely siloed to the point where people in the same team don’t even communicate. A lot of people that are hired are not fit for the role they are hired for. A lot of favortism, same people getting recognition over and over again even for mediocre work. They try to sell this image of being a friendly brand/company to work for but there is a good amount of hostility, cliques and politics within the org that make it difficult to navigate. Pay is not competitive.

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