Company: Oracle
Date: 2016-11-13
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Not good for long term employment
Pros: Excellent place to get experience on many technologies. I have been working for Oracle for over 20 years.  Picked up great experience working with databases, SQL, PL/SQL, OBIEE modeling, etc.  It is an excellent place to work for 3 - 5 years, then take experience to another company.
Cons: Oracle was great place to work up until 2000, then started cutting back on perks.  Stopped granting stock options to high performers (of which I am, one). No salary increases or bonuses for last 5 years (I have been rated top performer every one of those years). Forced use of 32 vacation hours for year-end company shutdown.  Company is breeding mediocrity - no incentive to work hard and excel.  All pay seems to be going to top Execs (45% CEO SALARY increase in 2015).