Organized, but too much - Technical Support Engineer Oracle Employee Review

4.0
Jul 15, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Good company, very organized, decent salary

Cons

Salary is not increasing over years. In very few cases I got colleagues that had increases of salaries. Higher management always comes with changes in procedures and more things to do, mostly procedural things not directly related with work, so you have less and less time to actually do your work. Latest meetings had an intermediary between VP and rest of us, who "translated" our questions so they sound "nicer" and sometimes lost their meaning, thus reminded me on communist times when we all needed to report only increases in production and that all is very good. You are asked to think out of the box, but in the meantime you are compelled to follow so many rules, so in fact there is no freedom for out of the box thinking.

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Cons

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4.0
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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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