Oracle reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(59,995 total reviews)

Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia

41% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Oracle has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 59,995 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Oracle employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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60K reviews
3.0
May 17, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get to work in some great fortune 100 clients. Also you have a lot of independence in terms of work. You can access all the training available in Oracle university. 4 days onsite , 3 days offsite. Can negotiate with client for work from home on special situations.

Cons

No harmony with in the company between Product Sales, Consulting and Product development. Often client thinks that you can directly talk to the Product manager for issues which is not the case. As some other person stated, you will never get together with your colleagues or manager, except if they are on your own project. There is no cross training or boot camps for new products and releases. If you are billable no one cares about what you are doing. Often times you may be on a project for no reason or the client has budget and needs to use it. You will be forced to work under a resource who is in no way knows what has to be done. Compensation is what you negotiate and join the company. Later there is n o significant raises. Promotions are not transparent. Bonuses are always like a lottery , you never know you will get it even though your utilization was 100%. You will never be appreciated for the work you do. There was no initiative from the management to encourage knowledge sharing. Every consultant is a SILO. And worst of all you never know when you will be let go.It does not matter how much work you did in the previous years. If you are in bench in one of the quarter ends and a CPA may decide you are a liability and you will be laid off. The consulting practice shrunk so much that there is no career growth. I know many people stuck with the same designation and work for over 10 years. You can verify this on linkedin by checking their profile.

2.0
Mar 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Jobs feel secure. Flexible hours in a casual working environment. Not bad for a big company

Cons

In 2013 there were no raises. 90 percent of team left due to integration pains after being acquired. Even though there was no money for raises, Oracle Cambridge managed to find money to pay for lavish going away parties. Even former employees attended and drank on Oracle's dollar. This sure makes current employees feel wanted.

2.0
Mar 12, 2014
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.

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