Company: Oracle
Date: 2013-02-10
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Confirmed

Potentially a good place to spend a few years (four at most), but think carefully before you join.
Pros: Superb work-life balance with a very flexible work schedule. Very professional company with competent, professional staff. Great opportunity for a self-starter to learn management and organizational skills.
Cons: Hiring process took nine months. Mentors are non-existent. Performance reviews are usually skipped every year, or not taken seriously. Very poor career growth opportunities. Project management skills are very poor across the board. Salary stayed the same the entire time I worked there, even though I outperformed every year - it's not unusual to be underpaid 20-30% after spending a long time at Oracle. Architecture is a decade old - which means few opportunities to learn new technical skills, and any advanced skills you have will atrophy.