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Good start, but now going down a slide under new management

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Rakuten for 2 years
June 1, 2017
Bengaluru, Karnataka
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Japanese teams are highly cooperative.

They are very process-oriented.

There is an open culture in both Bangalore and Japan teams.

I got to learn lots of new technologies being in the development team. My team lead was very good on the mobile technology stack.

Cons

All of top management is new here.

Lacks ethics and integrity.

My manager told me they are forcing people to write good reviews online. For every negative review, you will see three to four positive reviews that are coming in.

No long-term thinking. They hire people and then think where to make them work.

Much of the new staff is being pulled in from the new management's older companies due to layoffs or company closures.

Advice to Management

Employees are not slaves or commodities. You hired them, and it's your duty to show them the right direction. Short-term thinking and politics will take us nowhere.

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