Great work, poor salary - Operations Oracle Employee Review

2.0
26 July 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The work is interesting, lots of projects to broaden your skillset & many very talented people to work with

Cons

No budgets for pay increases! No matter if the company has one of the best years in the history or Oracle according to Hurd, many employees have not had a pay increase for years. No budgets for salary increases. This is the norm as opposed to out of the norm. If you don't negotiate when you are hired, you're screwed. Then again, you work 24x7 & there is no monetary award in recognition of that work. Sweat shop. If that's your thing, join Oracle. Lastly, the path is very long for slow progression in the company.

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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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