Steady Place to work. Growth depends on who you know. - Principal Engineer Oracle Employee Review

4.0
5 Feb 2010
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Pros

- Pay not as poor as people say. Engineer/Analyst pay above standard DBA pay rates. - Management have always been flexible and understanding with requests for time off, vacation, training. - Pretty much go on as many training courses of various types as you want. - Opportunities to work with acknowledged technical experts and work/transfer abroad

Cons

- Pay rises are non-existent. - A promotion does NOT mean a payrise. - Customers and Sr management expect engineers to know everything about ALL Oracle products - Management do not value technical skills. Believe anyone can do this job and hence outsource to low-cost countries such as Romania and Egypt.

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5.0
13 Apr 2026
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Pros

awful compay forced into qa as a new grad do not work here

Cons

awful place to work as a new grad these people do not care about your career growth

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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