Rakuten Web Engineer/Web Developer reviews

I've tried to wait a while before writing this to get an actual perspective on what its really like. May not be the case for all, but its what I experienced. - Incompetent salary. Tax raised from 5% to 8% almost two years. Salary system stays the same. Do you really care about employee welfare? At the day I left, I found out that I got a pay rise of less than 20 USD per month. I think its enough said. - Not enough retention for motivated people I went into Rakuten with the intention to want to really improve. But after working with clueless management, I felt deterred from what actually I can gain. All there is is KPIs. Where is the customer satisfaction ever considered? - Work increase without pay increase If you love your work, you should not care about the salary. Thats a very common attitude expected here. Well, passion doesn't pay rent does it? Enough stated for this too. - Bonus A heap of it is actually, stock options. Most of which you won't ever get as a foreigner as you will be leaving in 3 years time. It only activates after half a decade. Moreover, its decreasing as stock options are rising. - Morning Tuesday meetings The CEO is the saviour of the company. Nothing stands above, and the Shugi book is the only of the company. The only way to succeed is the CEOs way, no one else. Seems like a cult culture.

~Englishnization is not real. Most domestic businesses are Japanese only. ~Power harassment, sexual harassment are common. Not addressed by HR. ~Extremely dense political climate - promotions and projects are decided much more by personal connections than by merit. Decision making is extremely top-down ~All KPIs are based on instant gratification metrics without concern for sustainable growth. Anything not related to ad sales and immediate revenue is ignored. (Working in a technical position unrelated to ad sales meant little chance to be noticed or evaluated fairly)