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      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (59,930 total reviews)

      Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia

      42% approve of CEO

      55% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Senior management

      Oracle has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 59,930 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Oracle employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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      60K reviews
      3.0
      Nov 3, 2008

      Oracle a great place to learn the software game!

      Group vice president
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Oracle is a great brand in the technology market. Met wonderful people that were bright and innovative. Everyone had a sense of urgency when it came to getting things done. The ability to make a lot of money based upon performance is very rewarding. Flexibility and health care benefits are very good.

      Cons

      Shark tank as you rise in the organization. I also found that it was many times tougher to sell internal to Oracle then it was to clients and prospects. There is a tendency for people to gravitate to a deal for the sake of getting rewarded when they did not contribute to the effort.

      2.0
      Nov 3, 2008

      Dissatisfied with career growth

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Oracle is a big name. It is a respected brand name in the tech sector. Because it covers so many vertical and horizontal solutions, working at Oracle will enhance your resume. It is a good stepping stone to launch a career. There are so many organizations and people within the company that you will find excellent people to learn from. But, finding these key people is difficult as there are a lot of 'fat' in the company that do nothing productive. Working at Oracle also makes you become politically savvy as this is the single most important thing to get ahead at Oracle.

      Cons

      The quality and leadership skill of most middle management is very poor. It really frustrates me to see these bozos in the position that is well over their heads. As mentioned before, they are a savvy political players though. They know who to kiss up and who to attach themselves to. Middle managers really don't know how to 'manage', develop and coach employees. Consequently, career growth at Oracle is not based on merit. If you are the smartest person who comes up with the greatest ideas, but are not politically savvy and know how to 'market' your talent, you are not moving up. Period. In fact, if you come across as threatening (aka, too smart for the middle managers), you will get buried in a hole.

      3.0
      Nov 3, 2008

      Solid company in tough climate, but political and slow.

      Product management director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lot's of technology available. As an applications person I can go shopping for what I need. At the same time I'm not forced to use only Oracle technology, although, there are some expectations to use it. The company is solid and is not going to disappear during tough times. From time to time you find pockets of excellence of people that are actually innovating, but that is not the rule, rather the exception. Some people have spent 20 years at Oracle, inconceivable to me, but true. Good place for those with families as is not as go-go-as a startup...that can be bad too. At the same time, ST Ventures is a great program to get innovative projects kicked off; this should be practiced and promoted throughout Oracle.

      Cons

      Politics!!!!!!!!!!! A lot of the politics are created by management's deliberate funding of competing projects. This leads to people tripping each other up and scheming to take over "innovative" areas to serve their own purposes. There are snakes in every company, but I've never seen anything like this. Hiring can be a nightmare in the product organizations unless you are applying for Server Tech; in some cases I know of some people waiting for 4-5 months to get in...so what kind of people wait for a company for 4-5 months...probably not very good ones. It kind of speaks to the caliber of the people at the company, doesn't it?

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