Great Company to work for...not!!! - Account Executive Oracle Employee Review

2.0
Nov 23, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This company will be around during the bad times. Their technology is in use at so many places a nuculear holocaust could hit and Oracle would still be around collecting their maintenance fees. Its also a resume builder to have Oracle on your job history.

Cons

The pressure is constant and starts right away. Everyone is nasty to you and backstabs you constantly. The compensation for inside sales is a joke for the revenue you're bringing in. Like to share a hotel room with your co-workers on your 2 trips a year? Oracle is the place for you. Even the coffee is bad. Its the most political company i've ever worked. And the technology is terrible, its so old and outdated. They don't know where to take it. I couldn't wait to leave, and I actually did pretty well. I could have never seen staying there longer than the time I did.

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Cons

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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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