Company: Oracle
Date: 2016-12-30
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

The Death Spiral Is Accelerating
Pros: Oracle Name - big and it opens SOME doors
Some customers / prospects want to work with Oracle - loyalty, perception of reduced risk
Individually, some of the products are good (not all)
Can spend a lot on R&D (though, not necessarily wisely)
Some people - Sales, Delivery, Support - really do care about customers  (they are the minority)
Cons: Oracle name shuts more doors than it opens....Oracle is not for everyone
Very slow move to Cloud....Turning the ship will take time.  Some of the products are doomed
Not as Sales Focused as you'd think (or hope)
Very little respect from Management - poor culture - especially for experienced employees
Lack of innovation - big companies are not as nimble, flexible, timely in meeting market needs
Very High degree of Bureaucracy and administrivia - really impacts productivity
Too many pillars - customers forced to deal with too many people - many don't cooperate
High Transactional focus - not strategic customer focus
Difficult to deal with for Customers AND Employees - always hide behind policy (lack of integrity)
Most of the A players left several years ago.  The ones that are left are being pushed out.
C-Level management believes new college hires & phone reps (quantity) will drive Sales
Very expensive applications and technology
Partner community continues to shrink and look at non-Oracle alternatives