Difficult place to work, but does have some upsides - Principal Software Engineer Oracle Employee Review

3.0
3 Oct 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Benefits (health insurance, company facilities) are excellent -Great work/life balance -Great collegial, cordial, friendly environments -If you land in a great org, it's important to stay there because bad ones abound -Oracle is big on telecommuting -Very little "big-brother" mentality from the corporate level -Walks the walk on diversity in the workplace

Cons

-Outrageous levels of worthless management (3-4 vp's deep in some places) -Non-competitive salaries and COLA, even if you are a rock star -Promotions happening regularly in management, extremely rare among individual contributors -In some orgs, extreme micromanagement -Many US-side headcount replaced by multiple bodies in India

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Pros

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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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