Not an ideal place to stick around. For ambitious people it is a real dampener! - Project Leader Oracle Employee Review

2.0
2 Oct 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Access to plenty of resources. Can learn a lot in the free time. Excellent work life balance. Good place to kick start the career - and then of course move out !

Cons

Stagnated growth. Inefficient management. Really not the best place for the engineers any more, as it was 5-6 years back. Running into a service mode. Drifted largely in terms of employee quality, culture, standard when compared to its competitors. Interestingly the Oracle India management themselves compare Oracle with service companies but not with the product bigwigs. HR does an equally awful job in hiring talents. Super skilled people will feel constricted by the mediocrity around. Off late focused on hiring local people, which is decreasing diversity, and creating a group of inefficient people. Sad to see the sad gradual downfall of a company that I adored. A good representation of the downfall in its standard can be depicted by the fact that you can really count on your fingertips the no of fresher engineers hired from elite schools are retained in the company - probably <5%, which is horrible.

Explore other reviews about Oracle

5.0
27 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great company to learn sales and cloud computing

Cons

consistent change and unsure what they are doing with the SDR Organization

4.0
21 Oct 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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.

1366
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All