Company: Oracle
Date: 2014-07-15
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

Big company, both good and bad
Pros: Interesting technical problems, the physical environment, is very  nice, lots of smart people, pay can be good, though it depends on your leverage/negotiation at your hiring time.
Cons: Work is very geographically dispersed. Lots of people work from home. Very top-down; management initiates both projects and very specific work directions.  The end-result is little camaraderie, and creativity is rare, particularly for those who find creativity springs from working collaboratively with others.

Also pay leverage is generally weak once you have joined.