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MICROS Systems

Acquired by Oracle

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CEO Arrogance and the waiting game - Engineer MICROS Systems Employee Review

1.0
Jan 9, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

They will hire just about anyone They often keep do-nothing employees because they have a hard time hiring at their salary levels It is a good feeding group for a real IT company

Cons

The CEO had a meeting in October 2009 with all of the development floor. He said the shareholders like to see negative reviews on here because it shows he is running a tight ship. Well Mr. CEO, congrats here is another negative review. Employees are severely underpaid and very overworked. They always expect people to work weekends. You had better not have a girlfriend or significant other or plans. Almost all the upper management along with the CEO are people who are arrogant and think they know things just because the stock is temporarily going up. It is quite temporary because there is no foundation for the development floor. No processes or documentation all because the CEO thinks it is a waste of money. The employees who are there are either looking for new jobs or waiting for the CEO to retire and hope that the next guy is better. By my calculations, the next generation product has had the following people leave since that 2009 meeting: 70% of QA, 45% of engineers, 100% of tech writers, 100% of product/customer management. Is this any way to release a product? Do the shareholders know this?

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5.0
May 29, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a big company that servers several different industries.

Cons

Raises could be higher.

4.0
Aug 23, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I work in the Hotel Systems Division My managers have all been great and I like the people I work with. I think upper management honestly appreciates my efforts. I feel that I am rewarded and recognized for the work that I do. MICROS has been good to me and I feel very fortunate to be able to work there. There are many opportunities for growth and advancement. This would be a great place for a recent college grad with some hotel or restaurant experience to start a career, or for anyone with industry experience and an interest in technology. For an entry level installer position, be prepared to travel nearly 100% of the time, which can be fun and is certainly interesting. I don't know what the recent acquisition of MICROS by Oracle will mean to the future of MICROS, but I'm excited about it. I would recommend MICROS to anyone who is deemed qualified to work there.

Cons

There were some conerns in the past about the lack of culture at MICROS. Some of this was fueled by comments from disgruntled employees. The culter is much better though, and it continues to improve. It seeems like the better you are, the harder they work you. This is espcially impactful to travelling employees. The better ones hit the road while the losers sit at home. They tend to not have enough employees for the work that needs to be done, so the existing staff has to work that much harder and I think in the end it's the customers who suffer.

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