Is Oracle a good company to work for as a Principal Application Engineer?

Principal Application Engineer professionals working at Oracle have rated their employer with 3.1 out of 5 stars in 187 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Oracle employees being 3.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Principal Application Engineer Jobs at Oracle now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Principal Application Engineer interview questions at Oracle .

Does Oracle pay Principal Application Engineer employees well?

Principal Application Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Oracle with 2.4 out of 5 stars based on 187 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 28.6% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Principal Application Engineer salaries at Oracle.

How happy are Principal Application Engineer professionals working at Oracle?

40% of Principal Application Engineer employees at Oracle would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 40% in the past 12 months. Principal Application Engineer professionals have also rated Oracle with a 4.0 rating for work-life-balance, 4.0 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.6 rating for culture and values and 2.8 rating for career opportunities.

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What are the pros of working at Oracle according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance given so that you become lazy and settle down for less and compromise" ((in 8514 reviews)); "The benefits are good; it is nice to have access to the Oracle University classes." ((in 3571 reviews)); "Enjoyed working with the marketing team and the people there are great and easy to get along with." ((in 2461 reviews)); "work culture is good and your work is seen by all the people in the hierarchy" ((in 1861 reviews)); "work from home and flexible timings" ((in 1601 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Oracle according to real employee reviews?

"I was hired on a low salary and made my way up to being a very useful asset." ((in 2358 reviews)); "No promotions and no bonuses (for promotions you need to go out of the company and come back)" ((in 1142 reviews)); "Managers seem to be caught up in politics and corruption quite frequently and are frequently bad at managing and very good at micromanagement." ((in 1063 reviews)); "Advancement and avoiding frequent layoffs depends solely on politics and relationships with those above you." ((in 675 reviews)); "poor leadership; managed by a spreadsheet and billable utilization with no other considerations; just a number" ((in 465 reviews))

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3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(187 total reviews)

Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia

16% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

2.8

Senior management

2.8

Career opportunities

2.4

Compensation and benefits

Principal Application Engineer employees have rated Oracle with 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 187 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Application Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Oracle is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Application Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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187 reviews

2.0

Apr 12, 2014

Lousy pay, careless insults, but interesting products

Principal applications engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working with Coherence, Java, Hudson, and other extremely cool products. Working on designs and implementations of incredible size and scope. Co-workers are for the most part extremely competent engineers and fun to work with. Mid and lower level management is for the most part, exceptionally good.

Cons

Pay is pathetic. We were acquired several years ago. I'm getting paid 2/3 of the median Oracle salary for my current pay grade. I get meets expectations to exceeds expectations reviews. I still have zero expectations of receiving any pay increase this year. They take full advantage of situation when they buy out smaller companies. They don't budge salaries for anyone except Ellison and Hurd, who they continue to stuff cash into. We're bleeding talent like crazy, a classic case of passive brightsizing. 1/3 of our team has left.

2.0

Mar 12, 2014

Ripe for the picking in business apps

Senior principal applications engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-- Free beverages -- Most engineering staff is smart and capable of good work. -- Benefits are good and comprehensive, but nothing stands out.

Cons

-- Your start salary will likely be your end salary. -- Some technologies (ADF, ADF Mobile) are so poorly architected that you have to question how well this company can do anything. -- Inter-division politics, which admittedly exist everywhere, are especially bad in the applications group. -- Lots of 'useless people', who don't seem to fill any specific role, but don't seem to be bad enough to be fired.

4.0

Jan 21, 2014

Cool place to work, but not very dynamic

Principal applications engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Decent pay - Great brand - Nice culture: almost flexible timings (although this depends on the team) - Good facilities: home drop, employee activities, etc

Cons

- Not high on learning. Many products use proprietary technologies/frameworks and after a period, you become obsolete compared to your peers outside. Not the best place if you want to stay ahead in the technology. - Sometimes you can get lazy due to the lax environment - Hikes are not great, there have been years without any hike in many cases

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