Oracle Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(1,623 total reviews)

Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia

46% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Principal Software Development Engineer employees have rated Oracle with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,623 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
Jan 20, 2014
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

. Learning opportunities . Overtime pay for non-exempt positions . Work life balance is good . Benefits package are good

Cons

. Bureaucratic management, not easy to change careers . Promotion/Increments are very bad and appraisal process is discouraging . Cost cutting has reached epic proportion resulting is no employee friendly programs . Too many customer management centric roles and not enough technical resources to actually solve issue

4.0
Jan 20, 2014

Oracle India

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Work life balance - Decent salary and brand name - Choice of working on any task - Approachable management

Cons

- Management slow to react - People move things slowly - No big hikes - No clear growth plans and promotions

3.0
Jan 8, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility in time. Work from home option few days a week. Good sick leave policy.

Cons

More work but less head count. All acquired companies are not totally transitioned to working style of original Oracle. It is like 2 different companies.

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