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Free Lunch, Terrible Management

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Rakuten for 1 year
August 21, 2017
Tokyo, Japan
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Free lunch.

There is nothing more.

Cons
  • Managers that don't know what they are doing.
  • Managers put the blame on others when they mess up.
  • "Rakuten management style" (this is what you do if you don't know what you are doing; people working there even use it).
  • No structured processes are used, like Agile, Scrum, or XP.
  • Little to no code documentation.
  • No architectural design or design patterns when needed.
  • A lot of code has not been updated since 2000.
  • They hire people to do "recovery" rather than fixing issues (this is what most people do).
Advice to Management

Get an education. The "Japanese way" from 1995 is NOT the right way. We are in 2017 at the moment.

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