Company: Oracle
Date: 2010-05-20
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Beware what you are getting into. Slash and burn rules.
Pros: Talented people overall and smart engineering folks. Ability to learn a lot and stay current with new trends and technology. Good benefits. Life work balance OK, but expectations are high.
Cons: This is not the company I joined years ago. Too many employees no longer have the  common good as a goal, but rather their own personal interest. Politics (and favoratism) galore. Do not expect much in salary increase or bonus even if you do a good job. HR's view is "people must be happy because they stay"
Oracle gets rid of people all the time, year round with little or no explanation (good or bad performance does not seem to matter in this respect).  They have no qualms in getting rid of hundreds of people if that helps in propping up the quarter end numbers. Meanwhile the fat cats are getting fatter.