Rakuten reviews

There's alot of great feedback out there from previous and current employees and paints an accurate picture of what it is like to work here. I encourage you to read "Black hole for your career." The PR is great for this company and can rival North Korea propaganda. they wrap the be a "global company" but at it's core is a 1990s Japanese IT company. when you join every monday is Miki's church where you have to listen to him talk about how he's so great and how he's going to beat the competition. it's brainwashing. Hiring Process: (Relatively easy but unclear process) you are forced to read (and sometimes purchase) 2 of the CEOs books and write a book report telling why it is great. HR already looking to see if you fit the mold of a Rakuten drone. The hiring process is not so clear HR sometimes has alot of power, sometimes not. it depends on the situation and department. If you're able to speak alot of buzzwords and talk about innovation and contributions to society maybe you'll be in. If you want to get here, sometimes use an agent. they have connections with HR. >Englishization is a failure. even they have high scoring TOEIC folks the english is horrible. you should learn to speak Japanese >Innovation is fake. look at many of the websites like Ichiba and Travel. Still stuck in the 1990s. (as of 05-2018). >Most of management cannot make a decision because of so many layers of confusion from the CEO to their own peers >If you want to do a good job on a project, usually your department head and so-called managers will steal your project and kick you to the side and take credit. it's better not to do a good job. >I feel sorry for the younger engineers. many of these kids have potential but have no mentorship to help them grow.

There are so many things to put here, I'm not sure where to start. ( 1 ) They started playing loud classical music in all of the hallways (24/7) and the bathrooms. If your desk happens to be anywhere near a hallway door, you will hear it ALL DAY LONG. ( 2 ) Every Monday morning you will come into work an hour early (the entire company) for the most boring meeting of your life, called "Asakai". You will need to come to the office and scan your badge on a special tracking machine, because if you don't attend this meeting every week it can be used to prevent your salary-grade promotions. ( 3 ) Speaking of tracking machines, every day your badge scans when you enter and exit the building and inputs that information into the attendance system. If you work less than the required hours in a day, your salary will be deducted. Polar opposite of flexible working hours. ( 4 ) Everything is based on how something appears. Management cares more that something appears good, than if it is actually good. Hard to give an exact example, but it's something you will quickly pick up on if you work here. ( 5 ) The evaluations systems here are very poor. They are set up in a way that your manager will essentially be looking at "why you shouldn't get a salary increase" as opposed to "why you should". Evaluation criteria works against you. ( 6 ) Speaking of salary increases, they will be slow. Don't expect a good salary at this company. That's why all of our great engineers leave the company for others. ( 7 ) You will need to take dozens of these tests called "E-Learnings" in order to get a salary-grade promotion. They are essentially a test which consists of between 40-100 powerpoint slides with a test at the end. They will often have nothing to do with your job. ( 8 ) When you have a job title promotion, it does not come with a salary increase. More work, no extra money. ( 9 ) There is a greater emphasis on hiring people without skills and training them rather than hiring employees who are experts in the field. This probably has a lot to do with how much employees cost.