Rakuten Advertising reviews

The execs of Rakuten Global apparently think it's a good idea to change up the RM CEO every year, throw out a whole year of strategy and culture building and just start cutting jobs because they have no clear vision for what they want and no creativity when it comes to managing budgets other than to throw peoples' lives into chaos. I was warned before I joined that Rakuten Marketing has a bad reputation for constant redundancies and muddled mismanagement, and my experience has borne this out. The new CEO Nick Stamos inspires little more than for people to update their CVs.

The list is endless...First, the lack of leadership. Upper management was never there as they were trying to find a way to exit. Middle management was horrendous and incompetent. They didn't know how to manage nor display any real leadership capabilities. They had no direction and little to no idea of what they were doing. Communication was nonexistent throughout the company and there was three different cultures. Each group was insulated, distinct and operated independently. There was not much team cohesion. So, depending on which group you were part of, you could have a very different experience. Slice emphasizes its great culture. Well, now that it's been acquired and most of the people that made that culture "great" left, there isn't much culture. What's left is the leftovers and the stains that couldn't be washed away (and I am only speaking about the managers/leadership). Bottom line - don't work here!