Company: Oracle
Date: 2015-08-07
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

High Stress, Low Compensation
Pros: The work is interesting, the people are very smart.  Good health benefits.  I'm employed.
Cons: Schedules are aggressive.  Engineering schedules shouldn't be driven by needing to announce something new at Oracle Open World every year.  Long time employees who know the most are not valued.  New hires make way more money with no experience, and leave after 2 years.   For a software company, they don't seem to realize that you need to retain people and what's in their heads.  No exaggeration, I was told by my VP that if I wanted a decent raise, or any raise, I would have to come in with a written offer from elsewhere.  Many people, conscientious workers and high performers, have gotten zilch for years - no raises, no bonuses, no stock options.  The greed at the top is obscene.