I'd like to stay but I can't afford it - Solutions Engineer Oracle Employee Review

3.0
Sep 30, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you're a good networker, pushy, followup with everything all the time, stay very focused on yourself and do everything yourself when it comes to your own growth - you can be pretty successful here. You will very early find out that this is a Self Service company, nobody does anything for you, you need to do it yourself. this can be a good thing...or a bad thing. I ll put it as a good thing. The medical insurance is very good. There is a lot to learn.

Cons

If you are the "I'm an expert" type of person and expect management to notice and to invest in you and help you grow - it will never happen. Everything needs to come from you, management is not very interested in proactively investing in anyone - I had the experience of two different jobs in Oracle and this was my experience both times. Rarely you find someone to "back you up" and it's usually not management. True Self Service company. Very little transparency when it comes to promotions or raises - raises never come if you don't ask and build your own business case and even then the percentages are tiny. The older you get in the company the less you earn compared to new hires. After 6 years I have colleagues earning double and close to triple and only one raise.

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Pros

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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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