Mostly happy, but for the money - Director Oracle Employee Review

4.0
25 Jun 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Oracle is a solid, stable company, doing some fairly innovative things, especially considering its size. There's a good bit of opportunity, and you can succeed if you work hard and have talent.

Cons

Pay, and politics. Raise pools have been extremely weak over the past few years, and apparently will stay that way as long as we keep buying companies. Part of the problem is they're trying to keep cash on hand for M&A activity, and part of the problem is all the new companies we buy come with people making much higher than Oracle-average salaries, which skews the #'s for the rest of us. On the politics side, Oracle management culture puts far too much weight on titles and the number of employees a manager has, resulting in a tendency toward premature promotions, power grabs and cutthroat reorgs.

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5.0
9 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very good company culture and people

Cons

Could be paid more compared to other tech companies

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.

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