Comfortable Job Until It's Not - Product Designer Oracle Employee Review

3.0
Nov 20, 2024
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Pros

The workload varies depending on the team, but I never found it to be overly fast-paced or high-pressure. People were respectful if you took vacation time and would not bother you outside of work hours. I enjoyed working with my colleagues, but the team started to feel disconnected and the company culture diminished after the moving to remote work during COVID.

Cons

In my later years working there there were constantly layoffs and I felt like they were not managed very well. Eventually, I was laid off along with many of my team members. It felt as though Oracle prioritized its bottom line over its employees, which made it challenging to stay motivated, especially since the layoffs seemed unrelated to job performance. It also felt unclear how to get promoted and advance within the company and it seemed like our work, progress toward individual performance goals, and professional development were not given much attention.

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Pros

Good work life balance for an engineer

Cons

Lots of changes in organization structure

4.0
Oct 21, 2014
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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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