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?

58% of Oracle employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Oracle 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Oracle?

Software Engineer (1949) , Senior Software Engineer (1362) , Associate Consultant (1078) , Senior Consultant (1048) , Account Executive (1033) , Account Manager (992) , Principal Consultant (794) , Principal Software Engineer (763) , Sales Representative (742) , Member Of Technical Staff (729) , Business Development Consultant (720) , Software Developer (718) , Consultant (699) , Applications Developer (695) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (643)

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 8502 reviews)); "The benefits are good; it is nice to have access to the Oracle University classes." ((in 3530 reviews)); "Enjoyed working with the marketing team and the people there are great and easy to get along with." ((in 2433 reviews)); "work culture is good and your work is seen by all the people in the hierarchy" ((in 1860 reviews)); "Good and flexible work from home" ((in 1593 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 2387 reviews)); "No hikes and bonuses." ((in 1138 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 672 reviews)); "poor leadership; managed by a spreadsheet and billable utilization with no other considerations; just a number" ((in 454 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.

Oracle reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(60,075 total reviews)

Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia

41% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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Oracle has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 60,075 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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2.0

Aug 4, 2014

Great people, great working environment, shame about the profit-first management style.

Principal technical support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people on the ground are fantastic, and the company does look after you in terms of flexibility, flexible benefits, training, etc. It's also a great name to have on your CV.

Cons

The management style takes its inspiration from Uncle Larry, and therefore everything it does is first and foremost for the financial benefit of the company and shareholders. I mean EVERYTHING - if something positive happens which appears to benefit an employee/employees, the decision would have been analysed on a spreadsheet, and if one cell is higher than another (ie. it benefits the corporate bottom line), then it's a yes. Otherwise no. Kiss bye bye to pay rises, unless you leave. Which I did, and got a 50% increase. I didn't realise how much I disliked working there until after I left.

2.0

Jul 30, 2014

Oracle Experience

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Generally very good people to work with. Middle management are generally promoted from within and are therefore able to provide strong guidance on account management, deal strategy and contract negotiation. Oracle have ramped up their cloud presence significantly int the past 3 years. There are plenty of resources if you know who to ask or where to find them

Cons

There has been significant attrition in local business which continues to spiral out of control given the specialization model that HQ has imposed. Territories and quotas have been significant reduced without any meaningful adjustments to quotas. Given the sheer size and acquisitive nature of the organisation the back-office is extremely difficult to navigate with many different owners across multiple-geographies within a single process. There is little to no collaboration cross line of business which makes it near impossible to present the Oracle story. Finally, the company is totally inflexible around compensation with no CPI adjustments or ability to review pay. Despite good local management they are effectively dis-empowered by a rigid and ruthless HQ when it comes to territory assignment and compensation.

2.0

Jul 7, 2014

Lack of direction; lack of identity; lack of vision;

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

There are just a few good engineers at Oracle. Occasionally you'd see a pocket of 1-2 good engineers in a team of 20+.

Cons

As it is made up of many companies, there is big disintegration. No culture per se. Cronyism and incompetency are rampant at Oracle. Disillusionment. The smart people seem to quit as soon as Oracle acquires a company. Smart people seem to be deliberately not hired. Friends and inexperienced people are welcome at Oracle. Pro-activity, natural leadership, experience doesn't seem to be encouraged or rewarded. Mediocrity is protected at all costs. The internal tools they use are so old and obsolete that is not even funny. For instance: How can a database company not normalize the bug-status of their bug-tracking tool? Why would you leave it as a cross-product of two statuses, that cannot describe uniformly a bug status? Why would you have disparate set of 99 bug statuses? How can you provide better software when your own internal tools are obsolete? This is just one example. Plenty more.

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