Good company with excellent pay and benefits but too big for some employees that need directions from management - Solutions Architect Oracle Employee Review

4.0
Feb 21, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Within the Latin America region, Oracle is one of the tech companies to offer highest salaries to IT workers. Oracle is a huge company with hundreds of products and teams which means there are lots of opportunity to learn and grow but it is a "do it your own" company so you gotta be very self-driven.

Cons

Constant change of org structure Very aggressive quotas and lots of pressure on the Architects from its own managers and, worse, from the Sales Reps.

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5.0
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Pros

Great company, great work life-balance

Cons

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4.0
Oct 21, 2014
Recommend
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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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