Dec 24, 2008
Oracle reviews
3.5
60% would recommend to a friend
Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia
42% approve of CEO
55% positive business outlook
Oracle has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 59,933 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).
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3.0
Dec 23, 2008
Recommend
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Pros
- Flexibility - most people in product development work from home as needed. The company has enough infrastructure (vpn, remote access to dev servers, softphone, audio conference) to allow workers to be very efficient working from home - Technology - Big, sprawling company, chances are you will find something that you like to do at Oracle. Internal transfers fairly common - Compensation and benefits not great but competitive provided you perform well - Company culture is very aggressive and when required can move very quickly for a company of this size. Generally very aggressive, type-A type personalities that are also smart tend to do well at Oracle.
Cons
Especially with the recent acquisition spree Oracle is now starting to look like a GE-like conglomerate. Some of my comments are specific to my organization, although I think most people in product development will have similar issues: - Office politics is rampant. There are very few rules about anything, so most of the time mid management tends to jockey for position with senior management - Compensation scheme has zero transparency. Titles don't matter in Oracle, there is no specific formula for granting raises, bonuses or stock options that I am aware of. It essentially boils down to how well you have done in convincing your manager that you have done a good job. There is no formal review system, each group tends to have its own system (or has no system at all). Also generally there is not enough money to go around which means in order to be well-compensated you need to be a really top performer (at least in the eye of your boss) - No information sharing. Everything is on a need-to-know basis, there is very little downward communication from senior management. This sometimes leads to situations where even people who need to know about things are sometimes not informed, and tend to work at cross-purposes - Release planning sometimes tends to overlook the fact that, well, people have weekends off. Release deadlines are generally unrealistic and stressful. Generally people are bullied into rather than motivated to meet deadlines.
3.0
Dec 22, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
The company has an excellent product portfolio. There is an ever expanding set of products to sell. Oracle has one of the highest base pay and sales commission plans in the software industry. Overall, the people are very good, but very stressed as well. There is a decent amount of opportunity to advance your knowledge of Oracle through internal training. Oracle has one of the most liberal expense policies I have ever seen. If it remotely ties to closing new business, it is expected that it will be paid for by the company. They also provide a monthly car allowance that is well above average.
Cons
The biggest negative in working for Oracle is the lack of work/life balance. The mentality in the sales organization is win at all costs. If you are a total type A, this is the place for you. I was asked to do things to get commitments from customers that I was not too comfortable with (like waiting outside of people's offices until they leave for the day). The way that quota is distributed is also a little odd...instead of basing the growth objective on some reality, like the previous year's revenue, the region's quota is equally divided among reps with no consideration for territory, opps, etc.
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