Company: Oracle
Date: 2008-08-23
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Oracle: sacrifice pay to work in a big company.  Good for a few years of training and leave for better pay.
Pros: Oracle is a big, well-recognized, company with offices all over the world.  It also has a lot of opportunities within the company that people can transfer between job functions.  Oracle is a leader in most, if not all, the products in the market, and it acquired a lot of its competitiors in the last few years.  Employees are working on the best products and technology, leveraging a lot of these from its acquired companies.  Besides, Oracle has a wide range of customers from Fortune 100 companies to small or medium-sized companies.  Thus, employees know they are building the best products out there serving the biggest companies.
Cons: Oracle offers very low compensation packages and provides very little career advancement guidance for employees.  Managers are not well-trained to lead teams, and have very inconsistent practices on promotion.