Promotions, Raises, Bonuses, and Stock Options - Manager Oracle Employee Review

2.0
Jun 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you're one of the rare individuals that a senior VP has taken a liking to you may do well with advancement within this company. It is possible and I've seen it happen. Case in point, an individual contributor was promoted directly into a director position, skipping 2 intermediary management roles and a nice salary increase to-boot. All this with zero prior management experience. For new hires, sign-on bonuses, stock option grants, and initial starting salaries can be pretty good too. Be advised to get what you can at this point because it will most likely be a long haul before anything further happens for you at this company.

Cons

Oracle has a very micro-management culture when it comes to raises and bonuses; line managers, senior managers, or even directors have no ability to give a salary increase, bonus, or any kind of equity stock grant. I'm not privy to the details here (and there is certainly no transparency about bonus allocations within the company) but I suspect any such funds are grabbed up by VP, SVP or higher levels all for themselves -- sort of like Congress giving themselves raises. As best I can tell, there is no HR oversight about salary adjustments. A high-performing, key-player type employee with a long record of Excellent performance reviews can go several years and probably their entire career at Oracle without a raise, bonus, or stock grant. Nothing, zilch, zero.

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Pros

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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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