Overworked, No Room for Career Growth - Anonymous employee Oracle Employee Review

2.0
21 Dec 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

(Mostly) fun people to work with Easy work - repetitive Work/life balance

Cons

Oracle doesn't care at all about morale - as a result a lot of the company is unhappy and looking. Turnover has been high, and will only get worse. Many key employees are leaving/have already left. They'll ask you to take more and more work on, but you'll see nothing in return. No promotion/raise for ANYONE, Oracle has taken snacks and the holiday party away. They've also forced PTO for all employees, where we must take our own vacation time during a specified period. This affects the bottom line, which impacts stocks, which fuels CEOs bonuses. They saw a huge increase, all employees saw nothing. Management is flustered. Take care of your employees, and they'll take care of you.

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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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