Teams mainly execute requirements from Japan/global headquarters instead of defining product direction locally. - Tech Lead Rakuten Employee Review

5.0
12 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Work culture can vary a lot by team

Cons

Teams mainly execute requirements from Japan/global headquarters instead of defining product direction locally.

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5.0
25 Mar 2026
Recommend
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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
11 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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