Typical big company culture - Software Engineer Oracle Employee Review

3.0
May 13, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

- Stable company - Good medical benefits - Flexible working hours - Work-life balance - Management does make an effort to listen to employees concerns and tries to address them within their power.

Cons

- No clear strategy - Being part of a company that was acquired, culture differences with bigger Oracle still happens. - Tries to invent the wheel with unsatisfying results (ex. software tools and frameworks). - Working with offshore resources demands more time and effort (rework. - Approval chain to get something done hinders creativity.

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5.0
May 27, 2026
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Pros

Great environment to learn out of college.

Cons

Product and tech debt while competing in more bleeding edge enviornments.

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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