Problem Child Company - Senior Data Scientist Rakuten Employee Review

There's alot of great feedback out there from previous and current employees and paints an accurate picture of what it is like to work here. I encourage you to read "Black hole for your career." The PR is great for this company and can rival North Korea propaganda. they wrap the be a "global company" but at it's core is a 1990s Japanese IT company. when you join every monday is Miki's church where you have to listen to him talk about how he's so great and how he's going to beat the competition. it's brainwashing. Hiring Process: (Relatively easy but unclear process) you are forced to read (and sometimes purchase) 2 of the CEOs books and write a book report telling why it is great. HR already looking to see if you fit the mold of a Rakuten drone. The hiring process is not so clear HR sometimes has alot of power, sometimes not. it depends on the situation and department. If you're able to speak alot of buzzwords and talk about innovation and contributions to society maybe you'll be in. If you want to get here, sometimes use an agent. they have connections with HR. >Englishization is a failure. even they have high scoring TOEIC folks the english is horrible. you should learn to speak Japanese >Innovation is fake. look at many of the websites like Ichiba and Travel. Still stuck in the 1990s. (as of 05-2018). >Most of management cannot make a decision because of so many layers of confusion from the CEO to their own peers >If you want to do a good job on a project, usually your department head and so-called managers will steal your project and kick you to the side and take credit. it's better not to do a good job. >I feel sorry for the younger engineers. many of these kids have potential but have no mentorship to help them grow.