Not a good place to work. - Software Development Manager Oracle Employee Review

1.0
Jun 25, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Oracle is a big company, if you have a god father to take care of you, your promotion and benefits will be reasonable.

Cons

Oracle has some of the worst managers who can do anything they want. HR is mute,they never do anything for the employees unless there is chance of geting sued. A snr.Managers salary and benefits is equivalant to a Application engineers salary in the industry. Bunus can be 3-5%, stock options at snr level can patheticaly low or nill. Oracle is not interested in taking care of their employees especialy in US. Not a single employee in Application is division is happy, that is why the code quality is poor. Turn over rate in Oracle's india development center is one of the highest in the industry..close to 20%

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Plenty of opportunity to earn well over $100,000.00 with Standby pay and OT. Plus, mileage reimbursement of $.70 a mile.

Cons

Sometimes tedious work below what I would consider for an experienced FE such as hard drive destruction bin audits and checking in equipment.

4.0
Oct 21, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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