Company: Oracle
Date: 2010-01-24
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

Stop buying anything that moves, and start paying more attention to the talent within the company before  they all leav
Pros: Good work life balance- they really are very supportive of this. Worknig from home, very commen and everything is provided to enable this
Some very talanted people to work with, if only Oracle would recognise this and do what it needs to retain them
good systems compared to other companies
good on the CV- it will open doors
easy to move around the business- internal moves are encouraged
Excellent Benefits
Cons: Increasingly political and that is now driving the business at the grass roots
Hit and miss on the management side, there are a lot of managers rising up who have got there by knowing the right people and not on merit.
Lots of talk about people development, but they don't follow through. Its up to you, and you can't progress without getting political
payrises are poor (1%) or non existent- I have seen some of the best people leave in recent years because they couldn't afford to stay there anymore. It doesn't take long before you find yourself 20- 30 % below market rates.
Used to be a good culture- not any more, Oracle has lost something with all the acquisitions