Company: Oracle
Date: 2014-09-10
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

It was the best of times...it was the worst of times...
Pros: Fairly decent benefits. Very talented people who persevere despite the bureaucracy and culture.
Cons: Unless a member of the "chosen few", raises and bonus have become a thing of the past...not even cost of living increases. Difficult seeing the compensation of the few at the top and the large cash reserves, while experiencing what amounts to a pay cut over the past few years. Total emphasis by senior management on shareholder value and increasing revenue is the recurring theme. Ambitious growth goals, but Oracle arrogance as perceived by the marketplace seems to constantly punish Oracle share price. Internally seems very much a shark tank. Larry likes it that way. Survival of the fittest and all that. The consequence of that culture is the growing silo effect between "clans" and very inconsistent organizational cooperation. Have I mentioned "customers"? Unless one is a consistent  multi-million $$$ "donor", mainstream Oracle just doesn't really care. The smaller organizations that have been swallowed up by the Red Beast still have remnants of those for whom SMB customers do matter, but slowly they are being assimilated into the Borg.