Oracle – “NIce place to work, not very progressive”
Pros
- Great location
- Free and large gym
- Good management and peers
- Semi-casual dress
- Good compensation
- Nice weather
Cons
- Standards frequently change
- Promotion process is disconnected from raise process
- Promotion process is sometimes more tied to years of employment than to ability
Advice to Senior Management
Decide on standards earlier in the development process and keep them static. Develop the application infrastructure ahead of instead of concurrently with the application that needs to use the infrastructure.