Contract Manager / Deal Manager - Contracts Manager Oracle Employee Review

1.0
Jan 30, 2016
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Pros

The hours permitted a work life balance and my immediate management was very considerate of my needs. I would not have stuck with this job for the pay given if the work life balance was not there.

Cons

Do not work here, if you can avoid it. Not a single pay raise in my multi-year tenure. I even saw people promoted into management and the associated salary increase delayed for months. Internal messaging is disjointed. As I was departing it seemed the company was trying to transform the contract manager role and assign some project management responsibilities. Many of my colleagues thought the long term plan was to downsize. Feedback is not really promoted by the upper management. When upper management visited it usually involved a directive meeting, after which the floor was opened to questions. At that point everyone had the impression it best not to ask questions out of concern of appearing to challenge the most recent change. My sense was training was not coherent. Yes, there were centralized authorities for those in contract management, but not everyone - especially some senior staff - followed them. Additionally, policies were often posted in multiple places which were not all updated at the same time. Some who had been at Oracle for a long time were comfortable with this, but I often observed divergence in how senior staff would handle the same type of engagement. Outside of authorities to do the job, all training was online. The company did not value in-person training or associated training outside of work. One colleague sought to take some contracting courses at a local college and was told a very quick no. In my view this is not a good company to work for. Again, my immediate management was great, but the company culture is horrible and workers are not valued. If you must work for this company, I would advise doing so long enough to legitimately put the name on your resume and then leave and do not look back.

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Cons

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4.0
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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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