Good company, chaotic management excellent opportunities in design - Senior User Experience Designer Oracle Employee Review

4.0
17 May 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you're employed in the states your pay will be high not so much in the rest of the world but you will get good benefits, flexible working depending on your manager, team and responsibilities. f you are a designer Oracle is behind many other companies in term of the design of its current products which means there is a lot of scope to improve them and currently a huge push to use and improve their new design system for all existing and future applications. For someone who is ambitious and looking for experience in large MNO Oracle is good. You can get good benefits if you perform well and share packages are available. Training opportunities are pretty good overall.

Cons

If you move laterally and get a pay rise in the move you won't get a pay rise for two years. Its hard to get above average pay rises and progress up the ranks can be slow within the team however lateral moves are possible and you can leave and return to the company up to two times which is nice. Management can be a bit too political but again like any company that depends on the team and the individuals you happen to be working with or for.

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Pros

Good work life balance for an engineer

Cons

Lots of changes in organization structure

4.0
21 Oct 2014
Recommend
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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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