Eyes Wide Open - Marketing Oracle Employee Review

1.0
Apr 30, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A great place to get in at the crack of 10, take a two hour lunch, and be done by 4. So very easy to retire on the job if you kiss the right a@@es. The executives have really, really nice exotic sports cars and they're cool to look at in the reserved parking spots right next to the building entrances, but they make sure you'll never be able to afford one. Ever.

Cons

Where do I begin? Bad pay, bad management, no opportunity for advancement (unless you are politically astute, but even that often backfires). If you don't have a technical degree, you are scum and treated as such. Way too many people doing the same thing you are doing. Enough deadwood to heat Siberia for years. Fiefdoms and territories that are defended with nuclear devices. Management just plain, flat out, utterly, completely does not give a s**t about you. Until it's time to lay you off. Then they're glad you're around so they have someone to chop.

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5.0
Apr 13, 2026
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Pros

awful compay forced into qa as a new grad do not work here

Cons

awful place to work as a new grad these people do not care about your career growth

4.0
Oct 21, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Every group/division can be different in how they treat their employees, but I'd say overall there is very good atmosphere of trust and fairness. There is a strong focus on education, and they reimburse for outside classes taken (Up to 5k/year I think). Benefits are good, and I'd say quite competitive in the market. Good 401K matching (they'll contribute a max of 3% of your 6% or greater). Free drinks in the breakroom. Flexibility to work from home at times. (If you live 50+ miles away from an office you can work full-time from home...policy).

Cons

They don't try to make the workplace anything special (maybe a pool table and arcade game are cliche or gimmicky?). In the 10 years I've worked there, they've given 2 measly %1 cost of living raises (this is the same with most everyone I've spoken to, some don't get any raises). You will not get a substantial raise ever, unless you leave then get rehired on (they will not match offers, better to leave). New employees that you train will make 10 - 20K more than you several years after you hire on (not just me, they do this to all tenured employees). They will give these untrained, less experienced people higher titles (again this is done to everyone not just me). You learn pretty quickly that you're dispensable. The company has billions in cash and they don't re-invest in their employees, just in acquiring new companies and hiring new people that know nothing that you get to train.

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