Company: Oracle
Date: 2019-06-09
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Worst in compensation otherwise great
Pros: I worked at Oracle for 2 years and I must say if they change few things, its a place you can spend your entire carrier. Some of the best feature of Oracle are:                                                                                                                                                                   
 - Work life balance: It's rear to find another company that can offer same and it is appreciated by higher management. I feel, in long run this is one of the most desired attribute of a company.                                                                                          
 - Adhering to standards:  I have worked in some other big IT companies and no one comes closer in adhering to standard for coding and development. The codes goes multiple levels of review before it gets accepted . This process really make you learn how to do things in right way.                                                          - Internal switch: After completing one year if you do not like your project you can opt for another project and no one can stop you.
Cons: - Compensation and Benefit: Though there are many great thing to appreciate about Oracle, it might probably the worst company providing periodic increments and benefits. Once you join you need to wait min 2-3 years for a hike. And there are no hikes on promotions. Apparently these two do not go hand by hand.                                                                                                                       
 - Affinity to many bad home grown products: There are many Oracle products that does not stand a chance when compared with its equivalent outside/open source products. Oracle has a bad habit of sticking to many such product even they realize it can't compete in market. This decreases productivity tremendously. Though this conservative nature has changed in few orgs but Oracle still has a long way to go.                                                                        
 - Among all companies I'm aware of Oracle has least employee retention attitude. They will find your replacement with even double your CTC but will not offer anything to retain a current employee, or even if something is offered to him/he, the offer will be completely ridiculous one.