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Good place to work - Anonymous employee Rakuten Kobo Employee Review

4.0
12 May 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very relaxed & flexible environment, good people, competitive pay & bonuses. People are generally free to work from home when they want, or take time off for appointments etc. As long as your work gets done, there's a lot of freedom to work when/how it suits you.

Cons

Very slow moving to take anything to market. There is little consideration for employees outside of Canada - time zones, meetings, communications & product considerations etc. Execs insist on focusing on new initiatives/features, which totally goes against user feedback. Users complained about several areas, and these were rarely the focus of product efforts.

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Cons

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