They Tell you what you want to hear... - Anonymous employee Oracle Employee Review

1.0
8 Oct 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You get to really learn alot about how companies are ran.

Cons

There is no training or onboarding process to help you learn the robust suite of products. Additionally, the managers that are there are all about themselves. The managers are not true managers they are just people who have been successful in their roles and moving to management was the next logical step. There is no support or guidance. Once you start they drop you in the deep end and say figure it out. There is a push for worklife balance. However, this is all talk. Every company picks favorites, however, at NetSuite, it is very very political. Managers are blatantly manipulative to get you to leave. They will do whatever they have to do to make your life miserable if they don't like you. They promote team collaboration but they have created a culture that does not allow you to learn from your peers or be coached. Additionally, for a large organization, they give you slow, old computers. How are you supposed to conduct business onsite with customers when your computer doesn't even work. This is all illustrated by the best managers leaving. Over the course of 1 year all of the best managers who care about there team and want to help develop them have left for smaller startups. The company is experiencing growing pains still from the Oracle Acquisition. Oracle reps are going after NetSuite customers and it is a complete mess.

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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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