Company: Oracle
Date: 2016-08-18
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

Great place to work, just dont expect quick salary hikes and promotions
Pros: 1. Employee friendly HR policies
2. Work culture is great (ofcourse it also depends on which team you work in. i have heard some nightmare stories in OFSS as well.)
3. Loads learning opportunities for freshers.
4. OFSS provides ample employee self development opportunities. These are not always formal modes of learning as well.
5. I didnt think this would be something to mention till i joined my current firm, but OFSS provides transport facilities to employees and has ample parking space in its car parks.
Cons: 1. You will most from OFSS complain of Salaries. You dont get regular hikes and promotions as one gets in other IT companies.
2. No quick promotions. You really have to work hard and put extraordinary efforts to get any promotions. If you intend to be an average performer expect 5 to 6 year between any promotions.
3. OFSS does not have strong project pipe line. If you arent fortunate to land a long term project, expect to be tossed around different BUs. Which also means Managers screwing you over during appraisals.
4. Bonus are also a big issue. Earlier employees didnt have Bonus as part of CTC, so when the company delayed bonus it didnt pinch them much. But with bonus being part of CTC of new joinees. any delay or deviation in the bonus hurts a lot.
5. You will always feel second citizen in the company. Oracle and OFSS is different and Oracle acts in a way that ensures that you know it. Even OFSS management is helpless we hear our CEO say "Well this order comes from Oracle so we have to do it the way its asked to be done."