Company: Oracle
Date: 2008-07-13
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

World-class database technology plus a growing applications business
Pros: Great benefits except 3.5 weeks vacation seems average.  RDBMS is industry leading and has great technology. HQ has excellent cafeteria choices.  HQ campus is beautifully landscaped and very attractive.  Managers have engineering responsibilities so they can understand technical issues and relate to their direct reports.  After a certain number of years, you are practically guaranteed an office.
Cons: Working from home is expected.  E-mail needing replies can come in at any time.  Customer escalations can be stressful.  It is such a nice environment (campus and cafeterias) that it is stressful to think about not meeting expectations and possibly being laid off.