Rakuten Culture | Comparably
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EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
207
TOTAL
RATINGS
1606

Rakuten Company Culture

Rakuten Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
3.6/5
Rakuten's Overall Culture is rated C+

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Rakuten CEO

Top 10%Top 10% of Similar Size Companies
Hiroshi Mikitani Rakuten's CEO
Hiroshi Mikitani
77 /100
A Day in the Life
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Rakuten employees generally work 9.0 hrs a day
Work Hours
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Employees at Rakuten report the work pace is comfortably fast
Work Pace
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82% of Rakuten employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
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Rakuten employees most often take 15-20 paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
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33% of Rakuten employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
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Rakuten employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a quarter
Feedback
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68% of Rakuten employees call their work environment positive
Environment

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How much diversity is there among employees at Rakuten?

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  • In the big data department more or less 50% of employees are foreigners from everywhere in the world. Rakuten is trying hard to build a...

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How does Rakuten make decisions around promotions?

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  • Ostensibly it's like other companies, based on quarterly deliveries and the scope expected at your level. Also like other companies, in...

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What kind of people does Rakuten like to hire?

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  • People willing to do anything instead of what's defined by their job title. People who love Rakuten enough to take a salary hit.

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How do you feel about Rakuten's future?

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  • The company will continue to grow using its strategy of hiring lots of people, squeezing what knowledge it can from them, and then having...

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If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at Rakuten?

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  • Someone needs to stand up for the workers and against the man-child CEO.

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What perk or benefit should Rakuten have?

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  • A retirement plan: the company has none.

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H1B Visa

In 2019, Rakuten applied for 8 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 88% were approved.

Work Permit Application Outcome

Rakuten has a total of 14826 employees

8
Total Applied
  • 88% Granted (7 out of 8)
  • 0% Denied ( out of 8)
  • 0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 8)
  • 13% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer (1 out of 8)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Rakuten

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50%

Rakuten currently ranks in the Top 50% of similarly sized companies

Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Rakuten

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30%

Rakuten currently ranks in the Bottom 30% of similarly sized companies

eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
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eNPS Score
42%Promoters
27%Passives
31%Detractors

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Mission, Vision, & Values

Contribute to society by creating value through innovation and entrepreneurship, Empowering people to realize their hopes and dreams, Embracing new thinking, Rakuten changes the world through innovation.

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Rakuten Culture At a Glance

Rakuten has 14826 employees. 207 employees at Rakuten have reviewed Rakuten across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago.

Overall, the 207 Rakuten employees give their leadership a grade of B-, or Top 40% of similar size companies. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Rakuten are not very pleased with their total compensation at Rakuten, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Rakuten are generally satisfied with their team. 207 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C+. The majority believe the meetings at Rakuten are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Rakuten believe the environment at Rakuten is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Rakuten is moderate. About 63% of the employees at Rakuten work 8 hours or less, while 5% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Rakuten are generally happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

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    Amazon
    73 / 100
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    eBay
    73 / 100
  3. 3rd
    MyTime
    77 / 100
  4. 4th
    Rakuten
    68 / 100
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    Target
    67 / 100
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