Rakuten

The PTO was great, starting at 20 days and increasing with 3, 5, and 10 year tenure. It celebrates all major holidays plus floating holidays.

My fellow engineers and managers were great and supportive of each other. Everyone was respected, regardless of level of seniority.

Projects were interesting, and we always had new features/projects to work on.

Career growth was good. I learned a lot about the software engineer industry as a whole with all of its moving parts, but only got to really get better in a few areas, which I think is normal in most companies. I was given a promotion during my time here.

High/quick impact. Relatively smaller team, so I had lots of opportunities to have impact through various projects.

Benefits package was nice with decent 401k, parental leave, health benefits, stock options, yearly bonus, etc.

Work with diverse groups of people outside of just the office (people in Tokyo, Paris, Toronto, etc.).

• Lots of acronyms and sometimes a lack of documentation.
• Sometimes had late meetings in order to have calls with external teams, but not too many.

I had awesome experiences working with the managers in my office and a few outside our office.

Executives were relatively open and communicative, except for a few topics, but it didn't negatively impact me much.

Managers from clients and other groups were a mixed bag. Some were great, communicative, and understanding. Other managers from other clients I've heard were bothersome and not so great to work with.

"Speed, speed, speed" is one of the quotes at the company, but I hope the bothersome managers don't push too hard on a product when they don't fully understand the scope of the project or how long a good product will take to ship out.