Seattle Oracle Public Cloud Cloud Infrastructure Review - Software Engineer Oracle Employee Review

3.0
13 Nov 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Compensation and Benefits match Seattle's competitive job market Holidays and vacations ? not so much. You get less holidays in Oracle than Amazon/Microsoft. Parking and commute are not reimbursed. Even the ORCA card is not free. You have to pay $350+ for your ORCA card. Work culture is a mix of Amazon/Microsoft/Google. Mostly everyone is nice and helpful. There are folks from F5 networks as well Everyone is super helpful and accessible. Kitchen is stacked with food/snacks/drinks

Cons

Since it a mix of different cultures and a relatively new organization, you can be caught in weird mix of people and cultures. Some of the people, especially from F5 networks seem to bring in a lot of negative energy and influence. They seem more interested in power games and putting down others, typically by exaggerating mistakes and embarrassing you. Stay away from these people. You can also expect corporate bullying and hazing if you have to deal with people from F5 ( the bad kind) Be very careful if you have to work with such folks.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Recommend
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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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