Solid company in tough climate, but political and slow. - Product Management Director Oracle Employee Review

3.0
Nov 3, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lot's of technology available. As an applications person I can go shopping for what I need. At the same time I'm not forced to use only Oracle technology, although, there are some expectations to use it. The company is solid and is not going to disappear during tough times. From time to time you find pockets of excellence of people that are actually innovating, but that is not the rule, rather the exception. Some people have spent 20 years at Oracle, inconceivable to me, but true. Good place for those with families as is not as go-go-as a startup...that can be bad too. At the same time, ST Ventures is a great program to get innovative projects kicked off; this should be practiced and promoted throughout Oracle.

Cons

Politics!!!!!!!!!!! A lot of the politics are created by management's deliberate funding of competing projects. This leads to people tripping each other up and scheming to take over "innovative" areas to serve their own purposes. There are snakes in every company, but I've never seen anything like this. Hiring can be a nightmare in the product organizations unless you are applying for Server Tech; in some cases I know of some people waiting for 4-5 months to get in...so what kind of people wait for a company for 4-5 months...probably not very good ones. It kind of speaks to the caliber of the people at the company, doesn't it?

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Every group/division can be different in how they treat their employees, but I'd say overall there is very good atmosphere of trust and fairness. There is a strong focus on education, and they reimburse for outside classes taken (Up to 5k/year I think). Benefits are good, and I'd say quite competitive in the market. Good 401K matching (they'll contribute a max of 3% of your 6% or greater). Free drinks in the breakroom. Flexibility to work from home at times. (If you live 50+ miles away from an office you can work full-time from home...policy).

Cons

They don't try to make the workplace anything special (maybe a pool table and arcade game are cliche or gimmicky?). In the 10 years I've worked there, they've given 2 measly %1 cost of living raises (this is the same with most everyone I've spoken to, some don't get any raises). You will not get a substantial raise ever, unless you leave then get rehired on (they will not match offers, better to leave). New employees that you train will make 10 - 20K more than you several years after you hire on (not just me, they do this to all tenured employees). They will give these untrained, less experienced people higher titles (again this is done to everyone not just me). You learn pretty quickly that you're dispensable. The company has billions in cash and they don't re-invest in their employees, just in acquiring new companies and hiring new people that know nothing that you get to train.

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