Great company - Senior Software Engineer Oracle Employee Review

5.0
9 Feb 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you have earrings to do (your kids school, paying some services, call to fix something at home...) you may ask to arrive late or leave the office earlier that day. Oracle is self service oriented, so sometimes you need to push for what you want (career development) instead of "waiting for your manager to decide". This may be considered a CON by a few people. In Mexico you may find a more friendly environment, so you may speak about your career, suggesting new ideas to your peers, and ask for help. You will find respect and you always can ask for it if it is lost somehow. If you are one of the top performers within your team, and this is noticed by your peers and your management, then you should be rewarded (raise, stock). Depending on your job requirements, you may ask to work from home (home office), how many days depends on how you negotiate it and how responsible you are. You may find a great team to be part of. Some teams share a lot, within and without of the office. Free coffee, free snacks (fruit, juice, cereal, cookies for those that arrive early to the office), ping pong tables, foosball, great variety of clubs (sports, dancing, chess, toastmasters, yoga and others).

Cons

Depending on the organization (team, or manager) you may or not have an appraisal. There is the option to fill one professional review per year and have it in the HR system, but some teams do not use it at all, or fill it with the bare minimum , so you may or may not use this "appraisal score" as a tool in your favor to request a a raise or promotion. If your manager is not in site, you may need to adapt to remote leadership, and expect 1 or 2 visits from them (one week, each one) per year. As in any job, if your manager and you do not fit, then you may want to look for some other opportunities (in fact, you can start by joining other team at oracle, instead of leaving the company). But if you find a cool manager, then take advantage of the situation so you can trust a person who helps you to grow.

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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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