Good place to grow technically but not financially - Software Development Manager Oracle Employee Review

3.0
14 May 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very open culture. One of the most friendly managers you would ever meet. You can work on your comfort levels and timings.

Cons

Ridiculous policies . Pathetic compensations , no on sites or chances to earn any additional perks.Post 2009 , company has been continuously doing cost cutting by various means in India. This means yearly bonuses are getting vanished or becoming like "alms". Raises in salary are getting delayed every year with extremely abysmal increases.This is also reflecting in poor hires, bad product focus and quality. Also this is perhaps only one of the few companies in earth where a promotion does not guarantee a pay hike(at least immediately), that means increase in responsibility with no additional pay. A corresponding pay hike may take not a year or more to come. Managers are really good but could not do much to retain people , because systematically they have been made powerless by putting lot of "ifs and buts" in the policy. Technically you may learn a lot of skills here , but the sale-ability of 'em in the job market are very less as they are either very specific to the org or not state-of-the-art.

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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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