The great and the not so great. - Technical Analyst IV (Support) Oracle Employee Review

3.0
Mar 6, 2015
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Pros

In no particular order 1. Good opportunities for education and training and even certification. 2. Training you get from working here can be very portable if you choose to leave. Some of the skills you learn here are in demand in other places. 3. Managers are terrific people and they really do support the people who report to them. 4. You get to work with some fantastic, brilliant people. 5. Good starting salary 6. Terrific benefits package.

Cons

In no particular order 1. Salary is flat. You can go years between raises, if you get one at all. 2. Very little opportunity for career growth within the company. Good career growth if you take what you've learned working here and use it to get hired somewhere else. 3. Support organization lost work at home option. No more remote workers allowed. Maybe individual managers might allow it a few days a week, but no more full time work at home. 4. Lack of transparency - upper management makes a major change that affects an entire organization and it's only communicated to people by word of mouth from their managers. Nothing official ever communicated to the affected staff. 5. No investment in their staff, choosing instead to acquire companies and pay facilities to house people who were working effectively from their homes.

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Cons

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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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