Company: Oracle
Date: 2014-06-09
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

The sky is the limit, just watch your back.
Pros: Good Life-work balance.  If you can't finish your work by 5PM, there is something wrong.  This is the first sales culture where you aren't clocking 50+ or 60+ hours a week.  Highly competitive (Driven by the CEO himself), but there is huge upward mobility for those on top of their game.
Cons: There is little in-house innovation, it's mostly innovation by acquisition.  The creative energy in Oracel's acquired start-ups typically cashes out with their IP, leaves Oracle to start another innovative company.   The best advise I was give on dealing with the culture: "Build a rib-cage" around you.