Company: Oracle
Date: 2013-10-30
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

RightNow was my passion, unfortunately it was sold to Oracle
Pros: Positive, fun, start-up company environment. Loads of opportunities to make a difference if you reported to a good manager. Felt like family and the it still does with the original gang from the early days. 

We worked really hard, accomplished more than any other company I've worked for,  but we also had a great time doing it. Everyone has a great sense of humour and often pranked each other in new, innovative ways, but all in good fun. I can remember the cardboard office created by Pro Services and the various office make-overs when someone went on holiday.

Excellent atmosphere all the way around!
Cons: Small town American company that didn't understand the UK and European markets or salaries in those regions - often used the equivalent US salary and converted to GBP or Euros, so for example, a $40,000 job became a £20,000 in the UK. Generally paid incoming people far more than someone they promoted internally to the same position. Greg sold the business to Oracle, which caused a deep dive in morale, many demotions and redundancies and the loss of much of the best talent, but that is natural with an acquisition of this kind.