Does Rakuten pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Rakuten employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Rakuten. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Rakuten?

71% of Rakuten employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Rakuten 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Rakuten?

Software Engineer (472) , Senior Software Engineer (176) , Applications Engineer (128) , Product Manager (94) , Project Manager (80) , Data Scientist (62) , Manager (59) , Associate Software Engineer (51) , Account Manager (45) , Software Developer (39) , Technical Intern (33) , Intern (29) , Systems Engineer (29) , Devops Engineer (27) , Internship (26)

What are the pros of working at Rakuten according to real employee reviews?

"Also good work life balance because products are not profitable which leads to no major development work." ((in 262 reviews)); "Free food for 3 meals per day (you have to arrive early and leave late for breakfast and dinner)." ((in 206 reviews)); "Nice people to work with" ((in 182 reviews)); "Good benefits including some paid lunches each week and you cant forget the In" ((in 129 reviews)); "Free meals and snacks" ((in 102 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Rakuten according to real employee reviews?

"1. Salary is low for fresh graduate (I heard that the salary of mid" ((in 283 reviews)); "Management is bad and HRs are not friendly." ((in 195 reviews)); "Some groups have very high attrition for senior managers due to lack of clarity of role." ((in 134 reviews)); "Leadership is weak and only knows how to emulate their Japanese counterpart which doesn't seem to work in the US." ((in 42 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 33 reviews))

What are employees saying about Rakuten layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Rakuten layoffs and their outlook for job security at Rakuten in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Rakuten locations?

São Paulo , Ipatinga , Pompéia , São Bernardo do Campo , Campinas

Rakuten reviews

3.6

71% would recommend to a friend

(3,543 total reviews)

Hiroshi Mikitani

77% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

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Rakuten has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 3,543 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rakuten employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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4K reviews

4.0

Jun 19, 2013

Free lunch is nice

Chief applications engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Free lunch is nice. The location (Shinagawa seaside) is very convenient. Salary standard is relatively high. Depending on the division you will belong to, they have pretty nice automated testing environment.

Cons

For younger engineers, I can't recommend Rakuten. Because their education system is pretty unorganized. If you have just graduated from a university, and would become an excellent programmer, Rakuten isn't the best choice.

3.0

May 6, 2013

Trying to be global but yet japanese culture.

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Get to work on things which you may like.

Cons

It says complete english but it is far far away. Freedom is very little when it comes to work as direct boss can make huge effect on how your progress occurs.

4.0

Apr 24, 2013

Great company, but going through tough times.

It employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Business model of almost all marketplace sellers is different and appears to work in Japan.

Cons

Business model of almost all marketplace sellers is different and success remains to be seen.

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