Happy with the work, dissatisfied with the pay - Advanced Customer Services Configuration Specialist Oracle Employee Review

3.0
Aug 20, 2008
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Pros

Work with the people who are one of the best at what they do. Looks great on the resume. One gets to interact with some of the biggest names, installations in and around the UK. Opportunity to look into and understand the way BIG (and I mean really BIG companies work). Allowed to work from home, which is a BIG plus. Very environmental conscious. Good starting salary. Great colleagues.

Cons

A brick in the wall. Very little attention to individual growth. Very bad pay masters. Pay rises not in keeping with the inflation rate. I have many peers telling me that they have not seen pay rises in years. Very little team activity except drinking. No team day outs.

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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
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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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