You are just a number, there to make sure the few at top remain wealthy. - Systems Engineer Oracle Employee Review

1.0
20 Jun 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some good benefits. Good company to get training and then move on to where you will be appreciated and rewarded. Great Software but Hardware side of Oracle is dying, big business is moving getting rid of their Sun estate and buying HP, Dell, IBM and running red hat as Oracle Hardware is far too expensive.

Cons

Poor senior management in the UK, no pay rises very little career progression. no interaction with people, everything is done via email, making you feel even more like a little cog in a big wheel. Made to keep doing courses that are a waste of time and add nothing to a persons skill set. Lots of Rah Rah conference calls where managers pat themselves on the back for a job well done. Very greedy company, everything is about the bottom line and selling as much as you can. It's all about the money for the top one percent, very much like a wall street firm

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Cons

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4.0
21 Oct 2014
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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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