Worst leadership encountered or even imagined in 40 years of software engineering experience. - Consulting Member of Technical Staff Oracle Employee Review

1.0
Jul 13, 2019
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Pros

The underlying job is interesting and challenging.

Cons

The problem is leadership. Your experience will vary directly and very dramatically with the manager and architect you land under. In some cases, the results are absolutely appalling. Honestly, some combinations of management and technical leadership result in a positive environment; but some of these people are obviously much more interested in bolstering their positions and reputations than in anything else. In this case, you can expect public criticism and little or no private acknowledgement of your work. Public and personal attacks designed to minimize your accomplishments and maximize your leadership's importance become common. You will rarely collaborate, but only receive negative feedback, almost invariably publicly. These people operate open-loop, with no controls. They publicly declare that literally everything, internally and externally, is crap except their ideas which are pure genius. Any finding that may even remotely bring one of their pronouncements into question is taken as an attack which must be put down at any and all cost. If you have the misfortune to work with those people, your experience will turn out to be absolutely horrific. I have never seen such an insane environment as I encountered at OCI in 40 years.

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Cons

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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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