Excellent benefits at Oracle - Anonymous employee Oracle Employee Review

4.0
Oct 25, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Oracle has great benefits, it's health care is second to non and there is great flexibility in what you choose to take, various levels for health, dental, visions, life insurance, disability, 401k, etc... In addition working at the Oracle Headquarters has some additional benefits that mustn't be ignored including: fantastic gym including swimming pool, beach volleyball court, indoor basketball court, full set of weights and CV equipment, steam room. There is a great variety of excellent food from the eight restaurants to suit most diets and it's especially good because it's cooked to be healthy using local produce and organic / sustainable / seasonal where reasonable.

Cons

Nikel and Diming in a few areas that is a real shame: It's very difficult to get some types of hardware resourced. Any hardware that's out of the ordinary requires a lot of justification. This also goes for some types of office equipment like chairs. The coffee provided for the office coffee machine also completely sucks and there's not much 'fun' anymore, there should at least be a Party say in a hired out Hotel during the holidays.

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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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