Good place to learn - Bad Pay - Good work-life balance - Poor employee treatment - Engineering Manager Oracle Employee Review

3.0
Jun 7, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

You will learn alot considering that you get to work crazy hours (Essentially around the clock - with around the clock teams) Compensation(non-existent hikes or bonuses) - If you are legacy Oracle employee - one of those lucky ones that got hired directly then your salary is the worst - if you are coming through an acquisition then you can stay where you are for a while - You can count number of times any hikes were given in the last 15 years Options given out on time year after year to the top one of each team( But the management is richly rewarded - Rings any bells ?) Rules are randomly generated on the fly and everything is discretionary - based on manager and group Product development is run by engineers - No second opinions You can pretty much forget about any employee needs other than core benefits (like you need a laptop - you can get approval from the office of CFO- you need a band-aid - how about getting an approval from CEO) - wonder how you get to maintain best margins in the industry Upper management using swearing words is routine - and keeping employees happy is non-existent thought - You can just buy those workers in bulk - as the people coming in are cashed out well .... (You keep wondering you are not one of those lucky companies to get uncle larry's attention) - Time to think ?

Cons

How about the description in pro ?

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

Plenty of opportunity to earn well over $100,000.00 with Standby pay and OT. Plus, mileage reimbursement of $.70 a mile.

Cons

Sometimes tedious work below what I would consider for an experienced FE such as hard drive destruction bin audits and checking in equipment.

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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