Does Oracle pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Oracle employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Oracle. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Oracle?

60% of Oracle employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Oracle 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

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 8477 reviews)); "The benefits are good; it is nice to have access to the Oracle University classes." ((in 3498 reviews)); "Enjoyed working with the marketing team and the people there are great and easy to get along with." ((in 2420 reviews)); "its good and fine with calm culture" ((in 2169 reviews)); "work culture is good and your work is seen by all the people in the hierarchy" ((in 1852 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 2372 reviews)); "No promotions and no bonuses (for promotions you need to go out of the company and come back)" ((in 1161 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 1035 reviews)); "Advancement and avoiding frequent layoffs depends solely on politics and relationships with those above you." ((in 666 reviews)); "poor leadership; managed by a spreadsheet and billable utilization with no other considerations; just a number" ((in 458 reviews))

What are employees saying about Oracle layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Oracle layoffs and their outlook for job security at Oracle in 2026.

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3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(59,889 total reviews)

Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia

42% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.4

Culture & values

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Senior management

Oracle has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 59,889 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Oracle employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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60K reviews

4.0

Jun 21, 2013

Treat your database as your life......

Database administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great interest... Oracle Real Application Cluster - provides advanced clustering features Oracle Data Guard - in short provides physical and logical stand-by features

Cons

for oracle dba there is no chance of errors.just do it right ......

5.0

Jun 17, 2013

Great experience

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing people to work with, great flexibilty at work. Company takes care of its employees and spends a lot too. Carrer growth too is fantastic. With a great work life balance, this will be an ideal company if you are into a long haul.

Cons

hard to think of one....but they should move employees around different technologies based on employee preferrence. Sometimes employees are forced to move around.

3.0

Jun 10, 2013

User Experience Engineer Intern

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice place, lots to learn.

Cons

Most of the people around are pretty old. Lack of youth.

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