Where souls go to die - Project Manager Oracle Employee Review

3.0
28 Mar 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay is good - though with the same job title and product line I would be making more at most other companies, so could also be a con. Benefits (which they will throw at you in retention efforts when they see the light is nearly gone from your eyes). Brand name recognition is great for applying to other jobs (but you will be too burnt out by the time you get to other jobs to perform optimally).

Cons

You will always be a number on a spreadsheet before you will be a human to them. Sales depts have sudden and vast layoffs. If you go into management you are enforcing the system of people as numbers, which is even more soul sucking than just being a number. A sinking and increasing sense of doing nothing for the world and wasting away in front of a computer screen (this is, however, most of corprate America, so pick your poison I guess).

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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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