Company: Oracle
Date: 2016-07-31
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Good people, interesting work, mediocre compensation.
Pros: Interesting and challenging work. The people are almost universally friendly and, despite generally low morale due to inadequate compensation, are always willing to help one another. Experience at Oracle is a good resume builder. Attorneys frequently leave to join exciting startups or top-tier companies like Google, Uber, Facebook, and Salesforce.
Cons: Compensation is so far below market that managers apologize to you about it when they're out of the GC's earshot. Because Oracle is so stingy with raises, new hires are brought in at salaries higher than more experienced attorneys in the group, which destroys morale. Yes, the salary structure actually gives you an incentive to leave for another job, because if you ever came back you would be paid more than when you left. The company is tone deaf to the problem, so most people use it as a stepping stone after leaving a law firm before moving on to better positions elsewhere.