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A "school" with a corporate uniform

Front End Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Rakuten for 2 years
April 5, 2017
Tokyo, Tokyo
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Free food, but the quality is not good.

Cons

The company treated you like kindergarten students, not giving you any place to speak your opinion. For example, a 'sakai' as an indicator for promotion. Once a week is enough, but some people have to attend twice a week. You cannot get a promotion if you skip because you'll be labeled as "lazy and not motivated." In fact, a lot of people come there but sleep and do not pay attention. So, for the management, people who come but do not pay attention and just sleep or play with devices deserve promotions compared to people who skip the meeting but are actually working harder.

Advice to Management

Don't call yourself a global innovation company if:

  1. You can't differentiate global and diverse.
  2. You can't innovate internal policy and culture.

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