Pretty nice - Senior Software Engineer Oracle Employee Review

5.0
31 Jan 2018
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Pros

Oracle has some of the most brilliant people I've ever worked with and an excellent working environment. It's not as sexy as Google or Facebook, but we are working on cutting edge stuff and I feel like the people I work with are some of the smartest in the field. Many of us have turned down or left jobs at the big Silicon Valley places because we didn't want to live on the west coast or do government crap. I still feel like I have a ton of stuff to learn and there are a ton of cool new things on the horizon to build. I've peeked around at the other top places in the area and none have impressed me or offered me anything I don't have right now. One uniquely nice thing about Oracle is that when people say cool stuff is going to happen "in a few months" it actually does happen in a few months. I feel like our upper management is really advocating for us.

Cons

Oracle Cloud sucks and we're obviously stuck with it, the legal department is pretty much a waste of air and water but what legal department isn't

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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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