Company: Oracle
Date: 2015-03-24
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Not for everyone but right for many
Pros: A work from home culture, lots of opportunities to move laterally around. Good work/life balance. You get the "I work at Oracle" credit. For the size of the company, it is very dynamic and fast paced. Its influence is vast and its impact is formidable. It can take the hits that cause most business to fail, and not only keep going, but it come back stronger than before. Great employee alumni - many folk leave and come back like they never left, but in a better position so it can be a job for life if you dont burn bridges.
Cons: "Oracle" is "Oracle - so Its a bit like working for the government in that Its one brand - there is good, great, bad and ugly on all levels, in many pockets but to the outside World it gets tainted with the same brush which is usually the worst brush. And just like the government there are sweeping changes every year which make little sense to many. You have to become old school Oracle to get ahead in Oracle beyond a certain point. You have to learn how to be great while having one hand tied behind your back and standing on one leg, as it takes 10x as long to do 1/2x the job anywhere else, to get 1/3x of the result.