No raises, no promotions, no travel, and managers have no authority - Critical Accounts Manager Oracle Employee Review

2.0
Apr 2, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Oracle used to be a fantastic place to work, lots of energy, lots of fun, promotions, raises, bonuses. Not so much now. I am speaking of the Support folks. So I can't actually think of any pros other than the benefits and paycheck.

Cons

No more work at home for Support. No more paying for home internet for those who work from home unless you have Senior VP Approval (seems like a waste of SVP time, but if they have nothing else to do... Petty, really petty.) Managers have no authority, they are beholden to the 'higher ups' No raises, not even cost of living - some support folks have gone 10 years without a raise. Support Engineers at our newest US location (in Utah) start at $20-$40K more than the ones who have 5-15 years in support. (Verified in writing from one of the managers) Support engineers have upwards of 20-40 cases they are working on at once.

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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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