Routine work, good compensation, zero advancement opportunities - Technical Support Engineer Oracle Employee Review

3.0
Sep 24, 2014
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Pros

I was extremely well paid when I started working there several years ago. Benefits are great and Oracle pays a large portion of the premium. I am able to work from home 100% of the time and my boss is very accommodating and nice. I am also largely self starting. As long as I get my work done I rarely have to interact with anyone other than my boss, though that can be a pro and a con.

Cons

Raises are next to impossible to get. I have gotten one raise in all my time there, not even for cost of living increases. I have searched for advancement opportunities or for other teams to move to but they are very hard to get unless you already are within that organization. I.E. I am in Support, its hard to break into HR or Business Ops.

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Cons

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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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