Company: Oracle
Date: 2015-06-02
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Non-Sales role (UK), have low expectations...
Pros: Those in Sales and Consulting seem to do OK, their comp plans are some of the best in the industry so they can make great money year on year.  Those that don't hit targets usually disappear in redundancy phases.  Benefits package OK but in line with most of the competition. TVP office space nicer since the refit.
Cons: If in Non-Sales do not expect a pay increase or bonus - whatever your performance.  The whole thing is Discretionary so Management sort themselves out first, leaving a very small budget to go around, if any.  I was told the bonus was worth 5%, but I never got one nor was I aware of any peers who got one either. I was told I had exceeded my objectives in two of my annual reviews - still nothing.  Same for a pay increase, they just don't happen unless you change job or your manager panics if you want to leave.  If you do get one your manager is likely to remind you for three years after.  If joining obtain the highest possible salary you can and assume it won't change for 4-5 years at best.  
Most recruits get contacted by the internal recruiters, who trawl LinkedIn, rather than applying to the business through choice - that should tell you quite a bit.  
Leadership is generally uninspiring, lots of noise but no action.