Odd times for Oracle employees - Senior Product Manager Oracle Employee Review

4.0
2 Dec 2016
Recommend
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Pros

About the best thing you can say for Oracle is that it's a big company with deep pockets. It will definitely be around in 10 years and it's throwing a ton of money at being successful in the Cloud. The work environment is very collegial. I'd say it's a good place if you're a Sr. Director or above.

Cons

There are alot of cons. Primarily, it's a top down organization with SVPs making the most minute, and often poor, decisions on product features and direction. It's first and foremost an engineering company, as opposed to a market-driven firm, which is a double-edged sword since there are many "boil-the-ocean" projects with are un-sellable and un-implementable. Fusion Apps, despite what they say, has been an egregious management failure (if it was so great, why did Oracle purchase RightNow, Taleo, and Netsuite? - and why does Oracle trail Salesforce and Workday so badly?). Many of the solutions require other Oracle products, which prevents individual groups from achieving their own optimal products (e.g., groups are required to use Oracle's IdM and OBIEE product - which are disasters).

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5.0
27 May 2026
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Pros

Great environment to learn out of college.

Cons

Product and tech debt while competing in more bleeding edge enviornments.

4.0
21 Oct 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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