Really wanted to like this company...... - Anonymous employee Oracle Employee Review

2.0
Mar 28, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pros: * Health insurance benefit options are great and low cost compared to a lot of other companies - I have been really happy with the insurance * Flexibility if you are allowed to take advantage of it - a lot of people work from home/remotely, but my understanding is that the company wants to move away from that more these days * Winter Break - The company shuts down from Christmas to New Year's - it is really nice to have a real break without any expectation of getting work done. Very rare

Cons

Cons: There are so many - I will try to keep the list short: * The pace if you work in Sales or support Sales. It is unbelievable. Everything is micromanaged and every week is busy - there are no slow weeks at this company * The shockingly terrible lack of better internal systems/automated processes considering the products that this company sells. All of my deliverables are manual and I do not have direct access to data - I always have to rely on another group to send me data * The disappointing alpha male mentality in Sales/supporting Sales. It is 2018, not 1990 - the environment needs to be more balanced and less frat boy-like

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4.0
Oct 21, 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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