Beware what you are getting into. Slash and burn rules. - Anonymous employee Oracle Employee Review

3.0
May 20, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Talented people overall and smart engineering folks. Ability to learn a lot and stay current with new trends and technology. Good benefits. Life work balance OK, but expectations are high.

Cons

This is not the company I joined years ago. Too many employees no longer have the common good as a goal, but rather their own personal interest. Politics (and favoratism) galore. Do not expect much in salary increase or bonus even if you do a good job. HR's view is "people must be happy because they stay" Oracle gets rid of people all the time, year round with little or no explanation (good or bad performance does not seem to matter in this respect). They have no qualms in getting rid of hundreds of people if that helps in propping up the quarter end numbers. Meanwhile the fat cats are getting fatter.

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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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