Good place to work; ample opportunities; not great pay. - Senior Consultant Oracle Employee Review

3.0
Sep 5, 2011
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Pros

This is the place where tomorrow's technology gets made - especially now that Oracle owns Java via Sun Microsystems aquisition. The possibilities are infinite; ample opportunity for growth. There is a high degree of freedom in what you can do. I am currently a technical consultant; if I wanted to move to sales / pre-sales OR to product engineering, management would support the move. Great place to work for self motivated people.

Cons

Sometimes work pressure can be high implacting work-life balance. The salary that you join at is often the salary at which you quit 4 years later - after being annoyed that you did not get a slary raise in 4 years. So, if an Oracle recruiter tells you that you can get a good raise the next year, take it with a pinch of salt. If you quiz the management about the salary and bonus, the standard answer is "it is not in our hands". Apparently all salary/bonus decisions rest with the absoute top management sitting in Oracle HQ (Redwood Shores, CA, USA) - which means it is quite frustrating.

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5.0
Mar 23, 2026
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Pros

It is very team dependent, but at least my team had great work life balance and good culture. It was easy to take time off, work was meaningful and not too stressful.

Cons

Work from home is discouraged, little to no pay increases yearly, yearly layoffs and stack ranking.

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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