Great colleagues but culture is so toxic it's a nuclear disaster - Health Consultant Oracle Employee Review

1.0
4 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I like the people I work with

Cons

Almost everything. Decisions about employment happen at often the Vice President or higher level, so managers and directors don't even get to weigh in on employee value. The more they fire people (most recently: 30,000) the more they are are able to hold your employment hostage by demanding more of you or threatening you'll be next. I have worked here 3 years and received a 1% raise that entire time. VP told me I was approved for a new job, only to withhold it until she knew a hiring freeze would be enacted and would have to give me nothing, but I keep having to work at the level I was promised my promotion would come at. Everyone at the company has given up hope and stopped believing in what we do. How can we? We are the only ones keeping the company afloat but the only ones getting punished for it's demise. Health benefits are actually good. But you are only given 2 weeks of PTO, 4 days of which are "required" holiday break where you are required to use your own PTO, you can't even take unpaid time off, so you only get 8 days PTO for 3 years.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Every group/division can be different in how they treat their employees, but I'd say overall there is very good atmosphere of trust and fairness. There is a strong focus on education, and they reimburse for outside classes taken (Up to 5k/year I think). Benefits are good, and I'd say quite competitive in the market. Good 401K matching (they'll contribute a max of 3% of your 6% or greater). Free drinks in the breakroom. Flexibility to work from home at times. (If you live 50+ miles away from an office you can work full-time from home...policy).

Cons

They don't try to make the workplace anything special (maybe a pool table and arcade game are cliche or gimmicky?). In the 10 years I've worked there, they've given 2 measly %1 cost of living raises (this is the same with most everyone I've spoken to, some don't get any raises). You will not get a substantial raise ever, unless you leave then get rehired on (they will not match offers, better to leave). New employees that you train will make 10 - 20K more than you several years after you hire on (not just me, they do this to all tenured employees). They will give these untrained, less experienced people higher titles (again this is done to everyone not just me). You learn pretty quickly that you're dispensable. The company has billions in cash and they don't re-invest in their employees, just in acquiring new companies and hiring new people that know nothing that you get to train.

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