Not really a tech company - Senior Software Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

2.0
10 Sept 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Cafeteria provides 3 free meals a day. Business is very varied, so there's likely something you are interested in. International friendly office environment with many different nationalities. Most people kinda speak some English. Reasonable work-life balance (despite inflexible working hours).

Cons

Not really a tech company, basically all direction is controlled by business side. Below average salaries for engineers. Very political environment even at lower management levels. No clear career path for senior technical employees except moving into pure management roles. Pretty tight with money, cheaps out on tools or products that probably would developer productivity. All hands morning meeting at 8am on Mondays to worship the CEO.

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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
22 Jun 2026
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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