Oracle is a smart company that attracts great talent - Anonymous employee Oracle Employee Review

4.0
Feb 11, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

You will be in some of the best conversations of your career--a very smart company with great colleagues when you find your tribe within the organization. Great customers, and great opportunities to learn new things all the time.

Cons

There are no merit pay increases. Being a great performer is not rewarded at all. I was talking to a colleague that just left the organization and he had not had a raise since 2009. Another colleague had not had a raise in 15 years! There are instances where they just take pay away because they are not going to offer that benefit anymore. There also seems to be no effort to retain really good to great talent.

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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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