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Interviewed at a company called Rakuten Loyalty in Boston a few years ago. At that time it was the exact same thing, a malware / adware browser toolbar company,
by seibelj 10y ago
Interviewed at a company called Rakuten Loyalty in Boston a few years ago. At that time it was the exact same thing, a malware / adware browser toolbar company, and they also sold white label toolbars. Took me the entire interview to figure out what they actually did. Their website [0] now has very little information about what they actually do, with a generic contact form. But an archive.org [1] of their old website shows the truth. Funny how they hide what they actually do now.
[0] http://www.rakutenrewards.com/ http://www.rakutenrewards.com/
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20121216021038/http://rakutenloyalty.com/solutions https://web.archive.org/web/20121216021038/http://rakutenloy...
- hkmurakami 10y agoI guess I'm not entirely shocked since Rakuten the parent company and Japanese ecommerce site has very questionable tactics like emails you can't opt out of and forcing new employees to sign up a large number of friends/relatives to the Rakuten credit card.
- nommm-nommm 10y agoHuh? How exactly did the "force" you to get others to sign up for a CC? I also have no problem opting out of Rakuten emails.
- hkmurakami 10y agoNew employees at HQ have quotas.
- cjbprime 10y agoHah, wow. I went to JS meetups at their office without realizing that.
- ErikAugust 10y agoAngularJS meetup? Yeah, that office was posh!