Company: Oracle
Date: 2014-08-04
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Great people, great working environment, shame about the profit-first management style.
Pros: The people on the ground are fantastic, and the company does look after you in terms of flexibility, flexible benefits, training, etc. It's also a great name to have on your CV.
Cons: The management style takes its inspiration from Uncle Larry, and therefore everything it does is first and foremost for the financial benefit of the company and shareholders. I mean EVERYTHING - if something positive happens which appears to benefit an employee/employees, the decision would have been analysed on a spreadsheet, and if one cell is higher than another (ie. it benefits the corporate bottom line), then it's a yes. Otherwise no.

Kiss bye bye to pay rises, unless you leave. Which I did, and got a 50% increase.

I didn't realise how much I disliked working there until after I left.