Oracle reviews

Nobody cares, hodge podge of crappy products thrown together and sold to customers that aren't in need of them as they don't really solve their problems or do so in the rubest goldberg type fashion to the point of being laughable. (see ExaLogic, et al) A microcosm of what unbridled capitalism turns into. Everyone here is apathetic and the serfs merely do their bidding and nobody knows why anything is done, while the folks at director level and above are nothing more than talking heads spewing out buzzwords that mean nothing to them because they're so disconnected from anything even approaching a real product it's sad. Most of these people have never actually built anything themselves and have been nothing but corporate leeches and sycophants their whole careers so it's no wonder the place is as big of a train wreck as its product lines.

I am a "software engineer" and maybe 50% of what I do is idiotic paperwork passed down from endless corporate departments and nontechnical managers and PMs. One coworker says that's closer to 90% of the job. Management is largely nontechnical and has no idea what is going on at any given time. They don't even know what features are in the product. Your manager's opinion of you will have more to do with your presentation and first impressions than any technical ability or performance. Raises have been nonexistent for 10 years. So many coworkers work remotely that those in the office might as well be - there is likely no one relevant to talk to! In my group, only new grads are hired (no one with experience) and furthermore, there are no technical interviews. So the average engineering talent is dropping. But it might not matter because so much of what we do is paperwork and attend meetings.