Rakuten

Very good company for a new graduate because you will be taught everything from zero. You get a lot of time to learn.

Work environment is very good.

Office and cafeteria are good.

Minimum 2 years, you will not get a good hike. You can only negotiate during hiring because after that, you won't get any hike. You will see people get hired at more salary than you and do nothing. For example, an employee who has been working at Rakuten for 2 years will get zero hike in 2 years. However, if an employee from another company with 2 years of experience is hired, they will get 50% higher than an employee who has been at Rakuten for 2 years.

All new grads should be hired at the same level.

Give fair evaluations to employees.

If you hire an employee, first see the grade of an employee who is already at Rakuten with the same experience.

There are so many PJM groups who get higher salaries than engineers. Please see qualifications before hiring. Also, see the productivity after hiring. There are so many people inside Rakuten who just pass JIRA tickets and get more salary than an engineer.

There are so many people in the hierarchy who just reduce productivity.

Managers and team leaders should first be good engineers before being managers. Because it's an IT company, everything should be technology-based.

Give opportunities to developers instead of following BU guys blindly.