Company: Oracle
Date: 2012-09-15
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Low Rewards, High Stress
Pros: Good health care benefits, stable company.
Cons: Hard work, loyalty, knowledge are not rewarded.  Raises and bonuses have been dismal for many years, and the latest round was an insult.  At the same time, aggressive schedules have ratcheted up stress and pressure. It's getting more and more political, and teamwork is affected.  Top management does not seem to realize, or doesn't care, that in a software company, most of the knowledge is in people's heads, and when they leave, it leaves with them.    The longer you stay, the further behind you fall in terms of compensation as compared to the market.  People are leaving, but I guess to top management, not enough.