Does Rakuten Advertising pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Rakuten Advertising employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Rakuten Advertising. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Rakuten Advertising?

75% of Rakuten Advertising employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Rakuten Advertising 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Rakuten Advertising?

Account Manager (29) , Account Specialist (11) , Senior Account Manager (8) , Senior Software Engineer (6) , Manager (5) , Senior Manager (5) , Software Engineer (4) , Data Scientist (3) , Director (3) , Marketing (3) , Project Manager (3) , Publisher Acquisition Manager (3) , Account Executive (2) , Business Development Manager (2) , Data Engineer (2)

What are the pros of working at Rakuten Advertising according to real employee reviews?

"Great people with good intentions." ((in 32 reviews)); "Also offered great benefits and several fun parties throughout the year." ((in 20 reviews)); "Good work/life balance (if you don't include the insane Palo Alto traffic)." ((in 17 reviews)); "There are a lot of great verticals and teams." ((in 12 reviews)); "Great company culture." ((in 7 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Rakuten Advertising according to real employee reviews?

"Rakuten has a similar top down culture. 2 women in leadership of about 8" ((in 8 reviews)); "Appalling manager, terrible products and a culture of “Do the least we can”." ((in 7 reviews)); "Agency pay is always lower than in" ((in 6 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs." ((in 6 reviews)); "Benefits and salaries are competitive" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Rakuten Advertising layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Rakuten Advertising layoffs and their outlook for job security at Rakuten Advertising in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Rakuten Advertising locations?

San Mateo , Chicago , New York , Tampa , Salt Lake City , Palo Alto , Midvale , San Francisco , Denver , Seattle , Los Angeles , Remote

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Rakuten Advertising reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(220 total reviews)

Nick Stamos

75% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Culture & values

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

3.8

Senior management

Rakuten Advertising has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 220 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rakuten Advertising employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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220 reviews

2.0

Dec 28, 2023

Was a great place, now US-focused and low budgets

Marketing director

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Nice local team (those left), good benefits.

Cons

Turned more US focused, think they’re struggling as budgets lowered and lots of layoffs over past year. A lot of the good people have gone as there’s a ‘do more with less’ mentality. Not great leadership from US.

3.0

Dec 5, 2023

Missing the LinkShare days

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Global footprint, excellent brands, robust benchmarking insights. Wonderful people with diverse backgrounds and specialties. Strong customer focused approaches. Opportunities to grow your career in current scope as well as elsewhere in the organization.

Cons

Slow moving decision making process. Aging tech stack. Too many cooks in the kitchen complicating getting things done. Lacking market pulse, disjointed company identity and late to the game or nonexistent value prop message in market.

3.0

Dec 1, 2023

Another corporate company

Manager, devops

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Obviously the benefits are the best reason, Rakuten had really good benefits which made it really hard to leave.

Cons

It is a big corporation, with that being said it is really easy to get lost in the details of a big corporation doing what big corporations do. For me it happened when the second round of layoffs happened. However that being said, they took care of me with a very good severance.

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