Is Oracle a good company to work for as a Principal Software Developer?

Principal Software Developer professionals working at Oracle have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 760 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Oracle employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Principal Software Developer Jobs at Oracle now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Principal Software Developer interview questions at Oracle .

Does Oracle pay Principal Software Developer employees well?

Principal Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Oracle with 3.2 out of 5 stars based on 760 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Principal Software Developer salaries at Oracle.

How happy are Principal Software Developer professionals working at Oracle?

50% of Principal Software Developer employees at Oracle would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 37% in the past 12 months. Principal Software Developer professionals have also rated Oracle with a 3.8 rating for work-life-balance, 3.7 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.4 rating for culture and values and 3.2 rating for career opportunities.

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What are the pros of working at Oracle according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance given so that you become lazy and settle down for less and compromise" ((in 8470 reviews)); "The benefits are good; it is nice to have access to the Oracle University classes." ((in 3523 reviews)); "Enjoyed working with the marketing team and the people there are great and easy to get along with." ((in 2424 reviews)); "its good and fine with calm culture" ((in 2180 reviews)); "work culture is good and your work is seen by all the people in the hierarchy" ((in 1845 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Oracle according to real employee reviews?

"I was hired on a low salary and made my way up to being a very useful asset." ((in 2375 reviews)); "No promotions and no bonuses (for promotions you need to go out of the company and come back)" ((in 1114 reviews)); "Managers seem to be caught up in politics and corruption quite frequently and are frequently bad at managing and very good at micromanagement." ((in 1047 reviews)); "Advancement and avoiding frequent layoffs depends solely on politics and relationships with those above you." ((in 674 reviews)); "poor leadership; managed by a spreadsheet and billable utilization with no other considerations; just a number" ((in 468 reviews))

Oracle Principal Software Developer reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(760 total reviews)

Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia

31% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

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Principal Software Developer employees have rated Oracle with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 760 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Oracle is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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760 reviews

1.0

Sep 7, 2017

Oracle review

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Worked on SUN Solaris, excellent team

Cons

Competitive work environment No bonus no salary hikes

3.0

Sep 6, 2017

Huge, bureaucratic company, great at team level

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I had a great time working with the former Sun Microsystems part that Oracle Corporation acquired in 2008. Specifically working on the Solaris kernel. This part I like--a lot. I worked with one of the best teams of people in terms of talent and being part of a cooperative, fun team. Pay is good--or at least competitive. Being a big company gives many opportunities to look around elsewhere if you don't like what you are doing now. The top-management are competitive and have business smarts (if not always technical smarts).

Cons

Huge bureaucratic company with many processes to slow productive work down. The corporate level seems hostile to cutting-edge technology and research. Too many layoffs--they seem to perfer to layoff than reassign people. My part of the company, former Sun Microsystems/Solaris/SPARC, is now gutted and doesn't really exist any longer except for a skeleton crew for sustaining support.

3.0

Aug 31, 2017

Okay But Not Great Company to Work For

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting technical work and good medical benefits.

Cons

Departments are constantly reorganized. No idea what other departments are doing. Duplicate efforts exist all over the place. Pay raises are few and far between.

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