Company: Oracle
Date: 2021-03-30
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Attrition has been high due to recent events and no pay raise
Pros: Great people if you find the right organization to work with
Oracle is a good stepping stone if you're out of college
Health Benefits are great
Cons: Oracle decided to move HQ to Austin, TX which became effective late 2020. It was planned a long time ago so nothing to be angry there. Oracle is backfilling any departures in Austin, TX where possible. TX is employer friendly compared to CA. 

My review is from a non-OCI / non-engineering role -- this might not be applicable to you. Oracle is known for no pay raises. You can google it and it would be the top result. The average length of employees is around 2-3 years because they realized.. wow it is true. Time to find a better paying job. I have seen ex-coworkers get 40% raises by accepting outside jobs. I did the same. 

What's maddening is when I discussed pay with a peer.. I discovered that as a new hire.. I was paid more than him and he had been there 4 years already. Oracle doesn't value talent or loyalty. 

I have seen people request a match to stay but HR would say no. Your management chain will have no power. However, they would hire a total newbie for the pay that the person requested.. Oracle cannot retain talent. On blind -- I have seen someone polled offers between google and Oracle. all the Oracle employees said choose google.. you can chill and get pay raises. lolll it's funny how all oracle employees were on the same page. doesn't look good externally. 

Advice for anyone that wants a raise at Oracle -- apply to another position internally. That's the only way.