Oracle reviews

Not a lot of chance for moving up unless you are at HQ in California. Throughout my tenure as a manager and as an individual contributor, the hurdles put up to incentivize people are immense. Only the most stalwart and those willing to escalate succeed. I truly felt HR Canada is incented to get rid of people because the company is very heavy on redundancy, so a lot of great talent just drifted away. Facilities were often threatening to relocate everybody.

Poor management; fires the most competent managers within the BDG organisation due to their low seniority (low cost). Instead of getting rid of bad managers (high cost). Top-down management; no clear communication regarding changes within the organisation. Changing targets on a quarterly basis i.e. no consistency. You could be working half way through a quarter without knowing your targets. People are placed in teams without consulting the individuals. "If you don't like the smell in the bakery - find another one" is the attitude of management. Managers are afraid of doing changes due to their reputation for upper management. No clear progression path - a lot of promises but in the end people are stuck in the role. Managers are poor in coaching you with developing you. Selling the worlds leading talent management tool in the market, but doesn't use it internally (Ironical). A lot of talent individuals have fled away, due to frustration. Advice to people with bilingual language skills : Go to another software company in Dublin - They would appreciate your education, skill set and it would save you a lot of time in your career path and frustrations.