Company: Oracle
Date: 2011-05-14
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

Decent company to work for; better than originally anticipated
Pros: Solid company name recognition and industry reputation, good benefits w/plenty of options, pleasant working conditions in offices, excellent opportunities for training and personal development.
Cons: Huge company; easy to get lost. Bureaucratic structure; a lot of red-tape obstacles to getting things done. Rah-rah corporate culture a bit too much. Pay scale is average, and company very stingy with holidays and vacation days for U.S. non-managerial employees. Middle management personnel shuffling constantly. Virtually all help desk personnel servicing U.S. facilities are outsourced in overseas locations. Too much emphasis on stock performance and the bottom line.