Work-Life Balance Is Great, Product Direction Is Not - Software Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

2.0
18 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work-life balance and benefits are great.

Cons

No clear vision on the future product plan and roadmap, The company is continuing to rely on existing business models.

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5.0
25 Mar 2026
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
11 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

remote work, great benefits, executive communication

Cons

hard to get movement or pay raises. annual raises are lucky to be 3%

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