Oracle is not as good as it seems. - Senior QA Analyst Oracle Employee Review

2.0
Aug 21, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Good compensation package and Oracle has a good name recognition.

Cons

My immediate manage and director do not respect the people who work for them. They are not willing to take advice and other's opinions. It is like a dictatorship. The group that I work in desperately needs more people but for some reason, we are unable to get more people. This problem has existed for over two years now. Because of the lack of people, we have to do extra work. When some of us complained about the extra work, we were lectured on and giving a bad rating on our performance review stating that we are complainers. Furthermore, we got punished with the bonus even though our group made money. In addition, when I wanted to take a vacation for more than a week, I was given a hard time and my manager actually told me to try to delay my vacation or cut it short. This is fine if we were in a crunch time but we weren't. After I refused to delay my vacation or cut it short, I was told to bring my laptop on my vacation and leave my cell phone number with my manager.

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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
Recommend
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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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