Worst Experience as BDC - Business Development Consultant Oracle Employee Review

1.0
Mar 16, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people in my team were really nice and we had lots of fun.

Cons

I worked as BDC in Dublin and started right after my Master studies. It was really the worst first work experience I could have had. Oracle is not interested in their employees as human beeings but only in the numbers. Also the management is more than poor. You wont get much of support because mostly the managers themselves do not care. The overall atmosphere on the BDC floor is very depressing, not only because of the ugly office but also because there is no communication or transparency. There is literally no corporate culture, no communication and politics are horrible, which leads to many unmotivated employees. I think every second person wants to leave at the moment. Oracle does everything so that all good people leave. Its sad to see that such a big known company has such a poor management style and treats their people in such a bad way. So if you want to gain experience in an international company I would really suggest you to go to the other numerous IT companies in Dublin.

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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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