It was a great experience working at Rakuten. - Software Engineer Rakuten Employee Review

4.0
17 Feb 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Delicious free food, good work-life balance at least for my department, good training with a starter project, a great country to explore

Cons

Not knowing Japanese would definitely be disadvantageous sometimes.

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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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