Negotiate your salary HIGH as you'll never see a raise! - Cloud Deal Management Oracle Employee Review

2.0
Sep 8, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Good Benefits package -Lots of great employees that really care about their work ethic (management excluded) -Small 'team' buildings/floors on a large campus with creek, ponds and mountain views -Quite a bit of shared office space for longer term employees (not everyone in a cube) -Good learning experience to take to your next job.

Cons

-Inequitable pay for the same job duties/IC code, there is a $20k+/year difference in people salary doing the same job! -Raises/bonuses are non-existent, so if you've been there 1.5 years you WILL be training a new hire making $10k - $15k more a year than you are. I was constantly told "leave Oracle for at least a year and make more somewhere else, then come back and you'll make more than most managers that have stayed the whole time and been promoted." -Promotions often given to those less talented (often the complainers and 'problem children' are promoted). Even IF you get a promotion you will NOT get a raise with that promotion if you are one of the lucky one's that does get a raise at 4-7 years of employment then look forward to a whoopping 3% or less raise, Oracle doesn't keep up with the high cost of living in Bozeman -Management wants you to drink the Kool-Aid, they really don't want your ideas or suggestions, regardless of what they say to you, be forewarned if you do give suggestions consider yourself with a target on your back. -work life balance is non-existent (be prepared, at quarter ends, to work 12-16 hour days, weekends, holidays) -

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Cons

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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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