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Good Food, Bad Hr, Managers

Lead Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Rakuten for 6 years
March 2, 2017
Tokyo, Japan
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros
  • Many opportunities (depends on business)
  • Free breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Cons
  • Promote English as the official language, but intra-system communications and most daily work are still in Japanese.
  • The HR department is the worst. Liars, unprofessional, and take no responsibility for any mistakes they make.
  • Too many unusable middle managers, who have nowhere else to go and just enjoy doing nothing while taking credit for others' work.
  • The company treats the Business Unit a lot better than the Development Unit.
Advice to Management

Adopt a 360-degree evaluation to find out how bad the middle-class managers are, and get rid of them.

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