OK but watch out after a few years.. - Principal Sales Consultant Oracle Employee Review

3.0
Aug 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It's a huge company, generally there's a lot of runway for projects/initiatives so less work pressure. Oracle has offerings across pretty much the entire IT stack, this means an entire solution can be offered to customers.

Cons

Lots of politics, if you're not visible 1-2 (sales) tiers above your direct manager, your career will stagnate. You are pretty much tied to whatever compensation you can negotiate coming in, because annual increases are nonexistent to minimal. The only sure-fire way to get a decent increment is by showing your manager a competing offer. If your manager wants to retain you, Oracle will counter-offer. I experienced this, the counter-offer was in fact better than the competing offer, but I felt that I had to decline. It pretty much sucks that long-term employees (I was there 9 years) suffer compensation-wise and need to resort to seeking outside offers, while new hires come in at significantly higher levels (since the median acquisition cost increases every year) but I understand this is common in the industry.

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Cons

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4.0
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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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