Company: Oracle
Date: 2020-11-17
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Great place and stability but depends on the area.
Pros: - The DB org is top-noch, so it is the preferred place to be.
- It is both a pro and con: great friends/peers but a few ego-maniacs too.
- Managers are usually technical, which is great.
- In many teams you can achieve good work-life balance.
- Continuous education funding (they sponsored my Msc!)
- Great stability in your job (is normal to count your time in decades here).
- A lot of diversity in the business units, if you want a change usually you can find it within the company; which is a self-contained universe.
Cons: - Outside of DB org, things vary more and can be less stable.
- Some areas use legacy processes and technology.
- Some areas compete to each other rather than collaborating (same with some peers).
- Depending on the area, you may get stuck with old technology or niche knowledge for many years.
- In some projects, you may have too many meetings with big audiences; which is usually not very productive.