Pros
benefits You can work with some amazingly smart people.
Cons
Teams are global so work/life balance means you should be available whenever they want you. They might not say this out loud, but they say it in their actions if you refuse. Long term, top-performing employees cut without batting an eye. No opportunities given to transfer because they really could care less about the people. I was shocked at who they decided to lay off vs who they kept. They prefer to hire from India so they can pay less and expect them to work at whatever schedule they are given. lots of late evening meetings for them. Technology is stale. Pay could be better They used to give bonuses, no more. They used to give raises, hardly ever anymore and if you get one, it's minimal. They prefer to give stock options instead but then you have to wait 4 yrs for them to vest so they are worthless if you don't stay that long. I prefer my "raise" in the same timeframe I am working in. Oracle is cheap. Career advancement is really just based on how long you've been there. Performance evals are a waste of time. You self appraise and maybe you have a mgr that actually spends time giving feedback but most of them don't bother because they know it makes no difference. Not a lot of sense of family/camaraderie among people, you have to really work hard at making friendships and getting to know people outside of work.
