Company: Oracle
Date: 2009-12-14
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

A great place to ride out the recession.
Pros: It's a huge company.  If you're competent you've got a safe job.
Cons: The fast pace of acquisitions means that it's impossible to get promoted -- Vice Presidents from smaller companies are brought in as Vice Presidents at Oracle while long time Oracle employees leading larger organizations with more responsibility are passed over.  The company hasn't done a salary review in two years.