Company: Oracle
Date: 2016-10-20
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Engineer
Pros: Large company with good benefits. Nothing exceptional but good. 
Flexibility to redeem benefits in cash instead. 
Obviously looks good on the CV.

Plenty of internal jobs available and they are clearly advertised on the internal site.
Cons: Company direction is not clear in our department. They want to rule the world but refuse to approach it in manageable steps. They want to go from zero to world leader in one step. Thats never going to happen. 

Once you get hired it is very hard to get a pay increase. Even when moving jobs internally they don't want to change your salary, even if its moving to a more senior role. I don't understand this logic. It is a guaranteed way to lose good staff. They are forced to leave every few years to keep their salary relevant. 

Top Tip: If you are coming to work for Oracle make sure your salary is above the current market rate, because you wont get a change anytime soon, or be willing to quit in a year or two.