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      Oracle Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

      3.5

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (1,627 total reviews)

      Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia

      46% approve of CEO

      58% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Senior management

      Principal Software Development Engineer employees have rated Oracle with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,627 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Oracle is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      2K reviews
      3.0
      Jun 26, 2014

      Good work-life balance, benefits, but very limited salary adjustments and promotions, especially in the US.

      Principal software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good work-life balance, flexible working hours, laid-back management style, challenging work, good benefits, smart people to work with, flexible time-off policies

      Cons

      Limited promotion, stagnant compensation, only higher ups benefit from stock buybacks since it pads their stock options, which most regular employees do not get. Capped vacation days at 18 days forever. Only 7 observed holidays. Quite a few employees are likely not reporting vacation days due to the low number given by the company.

      4.0
      Jun 19, 2014

      Lots of opportunities to learn

      Principal software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1) Brand 2) Lot of learning which will make you an product specialist 3) Great monetary benefits and salary hike at the time of joining (only) 4) Oracle university trainings and certifications with no cost 5) Value for employee if you are decent or good performer 6) Encourages internal transfers to different technologies 7) You don't get calls once your shift is over

      Cons

      1) No work-life balance for some LoB's 2) No salary hikes for years 3) Heavy work load which will make you sit 8 hours in your desk that become stressful day-by-day 4) There is too much process and many layers of management

      2.0
      Jun 18, 2014

      Pretty much what you'd expect from Oracle

      Principal software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fairly stable, simple 9-5 job. Easy to get by if you don't want to push yourself. Good life work balance as there's no incentive to work more than 40 hours a week, but that can depend on your management and where you work.

      Cons

      Tech and career dead end type jobs. Good if you just want to ride out your career. Terrible outdated tech stacks and very little room for innovation and creativity in your daily job.

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