Pros
I worked for a fantastic company before Oracle took over. Oracle has turned me off working for a large corporation. For a billion dollar company, you will never reap in their profits. It's only feeding the very high end management in their million dollars to billion dollars lifestyle! I stayed for so many years because all my great benefits & fantastic team originally came from the previous company. The "Pros" are for the previous company on Health Insurance, Superannuation, tea/coffee, biscuits/fruit (which we gave Oracle the idea). Oracle implemented the flexibility of working from home (the best thing they ever did). The reason for this was because they ran out of desk space in the office for all employees. Now Higher Management from the USA has requested all of Global Support (note not everyone in the company just Support) to return & squeeze back into the offices, taking away our flexibility and making our jobs harder.
Cons
- Too many levels of management where your direct managers don't even have the authority or power to do anything. - Terrible culture all the way down from the top. - Unrealistic quotas set by high level management. It’s a numbers game for them. Not enough care & respect for the plebs. - Reporting to off shore management who don't even know you or what you look like. - Too many processes and "red tape" to get a simple answer. - No pay rises. No bonuses. No promotions. No career paths. No Budget. No headcounts. - For an IT Company, it's very conservative. - For a global organization, it has American centrism with no understanding of how the world works or what is going on with other countries. - Also its very sales orientated & favors the sales teams in the company. - Oracle has grown too big for them to handle. - There is no work life balance in the company and has bad culture/values. - HR are the “smiling assassins”. They are only told what to do by management and will not listen or empathize with the employees. - No trust with high management or HR. - Huge Support layoffs around the world which will affect customer service in the future. - Knowledge of products have disappeared with employees leaving the company. - Unfortunately I would never recommend Oracle as it will suck the life out of you but if the above attracts you, I wish you luck with wanting to work for them. You will need it with plenty of patience.