Don't plan on staying long - Sales Consultant Oracle Employee Review

1.0
25 Aug 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay is decent, some benefits (for now). A lot of smart people to work with and good networking opportunities.

Cons

Plan on staying at the same level and pay as when you are hired, because you will not get a promotion. Even with stellar appraisals from your management and their approval for promotion, it won't happen. There is a serious top down push to cut costs wherever possible and that means your chances of a promotion or raise are slim to none even if your management recommends you for one. Hurd is bringing over a bunch of his buddies from HP who now run several major orgs and they are implementing the same cost-cutting strategies that brought HP down. Negotiate a good offer up front and don't plan on staying for more than a couple of years if you want to take your career somewhere.

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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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