Oracle Senior Software Developer reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(1,447 total reviews)

Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia

27% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer employees have rated Oracle with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,447 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Oracle is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews
2.0
Sep 22, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Initially, you can negotiate a good salary. 2. Some really smart people work here. 3. Looks good on a resume, "punches your ticket"

Cons

There is very little planned leadership or accountability. Crisis Management seems to rule the day. If someones continually screws up as an employee or a manager, no one takes the time to address the issue or fix the problem. A very ethically-challenged organization. You are required to take ethics training every 2 years, and you just look around and see all of the violations. Some are downright criminal. But what do you do when Larry himself has a enormous conflict of interest (see NetSuite)? I also don't trust the anonymity of the tool used to report violations. The company loves to offshore and use H1-B workers. The problem here is they seem to hire very incompetent people. Your job will be to put out fires that they create. Middle Management knows whats going on, but has no authority to do anything. Whether it is rewarding job performance, hiring or firing people, everything is run from the top. This means you get the same bonus at the guy who shows up to work 3 days a week. This also makes it very undesirable to pursue a career here.

4.0
Sep 18, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Flexible timings - Competitive pay

Cons

- If you don't ask, you would not get.. true for promotions and hikes - Not much emphasis on merit - Middle level management not technically competent - Too much processes - HR and operational department sucks(w.r.t India location)

1.0
Aug 4, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good work/life balance It is a good company to work for a couple of years if you are selected on campus It is a good company to work if you have more than 35 years and looking for a company to retire

Cons

But I wont recommend it for experienced people. Once you are in you must be ready to live with the same salary and position. Work will be monotonous. You will be outdated with a technology that is not updated for 10 years. You might gain in depth product knowledge but nothing that is related with latest technologies. It has been three years since we got hikes and promotions. Though attrition is increasing, management has no concerns about employee morale. Management is focusing only on acquiring other companies and investing cash into acquisition instead of existing employees. There is no fixed cycle for promotion/hikes. Depends on the senior management which means we will never get it. Salary is equal to other companies like TCS, CTS Accenture. But at least in these companies you will have onsite oppurtunities.

Viewing 1420 - 1422 of 1,447 Reviews

Glassdoor has 66,152 Oracle reviews submitted anonymously by Oracle employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Oracle is right for you.