Company: Oracle
Date: 2016-11-16
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

Heading in the wrong direction
Pros: The people and next 3 to 4 levels of management are great. They used to be able to have autonomy to run their business the way they wanted. They understood their organization and customer and Oracle was a well oiled machine. Of course this will depend on teams. Some teams are better than others.  

I give Oracle 2 stars because it can still be salvaged if management wakes up and listens to the customers and employees on the front lines.
Cons: Oracle used to have the best culture but management is destroying it and trying to remake themselves into a Cloud company. They can become a cloud company and keep the culture but I am afraid that it is too late. 

You will never ever ever ever ever get a raise here. Even if you get promoted it is highly unlikely. Make sure whatever you negotiate when being hired is what you can live with. It's not like a typical company where you can expect to make more later. 

Oracle is very micromanaged these days. Managers do not have the ability to do much to help you. Their hands are tied behind their backs and they are handcuffed. 

Besides raises, which you will never ever see, benefits are slowly being eroded while upper management increases their pay and perks. There once was a car allowance for some employees but it was slashed. Some pay was slashed. Vacation days were forced to be taken at the end of the year (3-4 days). Internet reimbursement was taken away. Mobile-Wifi was taken away. 

It's almost as if they don't want their employees to be productive and to be able to work. The support the organization needs to survive is being taken out from under it. It's all about cost cutting and it is impacting the organization's ability to be able to deliver results.

Seasoned employees are being forced out and being replaced with millennials, most who have no clue what they are doing. They robo call very loyal customers to death and make them very annoyed with the company to the point sentiment is shifting. Turnover has definitely increased for seasoned worked and even the new millennials. I guess the company is ok with this?

Bottom line, morale is in the toilet and I don't think management cares.