Oracle offers good work/life balance - Senior Manager Oracle Employee Review

3.0
Jul 7, 2008
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Pros

Oracle offers reasonable compensation and a great benefits package. The culture is extremely supportive of flexible work situations and many people work a fair portion of their time remotely. If you're looking for a good work/life balance and flexibility in your work situation, this may be a good place to look. Also, with a large corporation such as Oracle, there are numerous opportunity to move around within the organization and gain experience in different areas.

Cons

Oracle can be extremely political and competitive at higher levels of the organization. In general, the focus is on managing up, rather than trying to develop and grow talent people. Also, because it is a large organization, bureaucracy and slowness to act can be frustrating at times.

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5.0
Apr 13, 2026
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Pros

awful compay forced into qa as a new grad do not work here

Cons

awful place to work as a new grad these people do not care about your career growth

4.0
Oct 21, 2014
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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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