Company: Oracle
Date: 2012-05-20
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Margin-Driven, Not Very Strategic
Pros: Oracle is very focused on performance and thought leadership, and there are many competent, focused professionals in the organization. The company's acquisition strategy has served it well, and the applications business has grown tremendously.
Cons: Oracle is still a company most focused on technology (database, middleware) and now, hardware. Business applications are still not the key focus of the business. There is a lack of strategic vision at the middle and upper management levels, and morale is suffering overall. Sales execution effectiveness has declined over the last 5 years - Smaller vendors are much more agile and tend to put Oracle on the defensive in sales deals.