My manager was a dumb dumb - Senior Developer Oracle Employee Review

2.0
31 Jan 2025
Recommend
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Pros

* You can work in a silo forever * Managers excel at pretending to care * I had to pay for years of therapy to recover from an abusive manager * Benefits are good

Cons

I had the worst manager I've ever had for several years, after having one of the best. She still works there and got promoted to her level of incompetence. Also is a coward who had to turn off her camera in the middle of laying me off, because she didn't have the b@lls to look me in the eyes and tell me I was "underperforming". You aren't even 1% as intelligent as you think you are. You don't support other women and enjoy bullying those who are neurodivergent. I hope you get eaten alive at the top. Oracle doesn't get any credit for my first boss, he came with an acquisition.

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Cons

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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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