Vantaggi
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Svantaggi
This is a traditional Japanese company trying to disguise itself as a modern tech company. The Global CEO has people carry his bags, always travels with an entourage, acts like he is a rock star, and surrounds himself with "yes men." I use the word "men" as exactly that - this is an extremely non-diverse company, in which they discriminate openly against women. It's often rationalized as being a "Japanese way of thinking" but women are definitely not seen as equals in this company. You know it's bad when the HR team has completely transitioned in a year, and some former execs don't last more than 6 months. All of the solid CEO's/management have left as soon as they could. From a strategy standpoint, it's really unclear what it actually is. There have been significant rebranding efforts, but for what? No one really knows what Rakuten does, and most of the acquisitions don't make sense either. The strategy sits in the CEO's mind and everyone else just goes around saying how brilliant he is. The US CEO is literally just a puppet for the Global CEO. He's there to host people from Tokyo, but doesn't actually make any strategic decisions. If you have options, don't come here. It's not worth it.