Rakuten reviews

3.6

71% would recommend to a friend

(3,542 total reviews)
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Hiroshi Mikitani

78% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Rakuten has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 3,542 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
1.0
Dec 3, 2025

May possibly be an MLM

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

If you're lucky, you'll end up on a team with wonderful people who make the day bearable.

Cons

- Salary deductions will always be used to threaten you, even if they won't explain specifics of the violation, and even if the violation has no impact on your work and productivity but just some strict arbitrary rule they want to enforce - Good luck getting a raise or promotion, they've skewed the performance system to be impossible - Overcrowding and uncomfortable office environment -- good luck getting anywhere on the elevators even with the "new" system and the equally busy stairs (RCH specifically). - Not accommodating at all to people with disabilities, even when a doctor's certificate is provided - The term "e-learning" will take on a new form of PTSD you'll never knew could exist - CEO won't even follow his own core principals that he expects everyone else to exceed at

5.0
Nov 29, 2025
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Global. Easy to communicate and work for people from various country.

Cons

Low salary, and sometimes change the company direction suddenly.

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