Culture better than expected but bureaucracy is crushing and company is way behind in the cloud transition - Anonymous employee Oracle Employee Review

4.0
Oct 22, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

A lot of good, smart, friendly people, supportive culture and decent pay. Acceptable work/life balance. Good flexibility in achieving your plan, i.e. willingness to make adjustments due to changing business conditions. Acceptable autonomy in doing your job with help if you need it.

Cons

Unreal bureaucracy, more time spent filling out spreadsheets, reports, and PowerPoints than in actually doing your job. Feels unnecessarily hard to get anything done, also that too much energy is going into simply justifying your function's existence. PTO plan is way behind the times, particularly for a tech company. No merit increases. Seems every year they take something away - 2014 it was car allowances, 2015 it was forced PTO at end of year, announced after 3/4 of the year had passed when many already took the year's PTO and now owe it back (or get it deducted next year - are you kidding?). For a company with considerable resources, not enough attention and focus put on programs to transition to SaaS-based business model. Senior management and HR seem way out of touch with the way people expect to be managed today and what's actually required to run a successful tech business in the cloud.

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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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