A company you will always miss if you leave it. - Senior Applications Engineer Oracle Employee Review

4.0
Jan 16, 2016
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Pros

No restrictions on employees of any kind, you can work from office or from home. You are never denied leaves. People at senior/architect level are some of the most talented in industry. Job Security. Good HR policies, Good managers.

Cons

Low salaries, no or low increments. Technology used in some projects (ADF n SOA) is not much popular outside, If you stuck in any of such project as developer you will find it hard to switch if you want to move on at some point of time. No on-site opportunity if you are a developer or QA, people in implementation teams may get onsite. Hiring process is becoming lenient, Budget allocated to Application projects is low so salary offered to new hired employee is also low, Its also one of the reason of not much talent being hired on lateral hiring.

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Pros

Good work life balance for an engineer

Cons

Lots of changes in organization structure

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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