Oracle reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(60,051 total reviews)

Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia

41% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Oracle has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 60,051 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Oracle employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Sep 26, 2008
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a port in the storm. While chaos reigns in Silicon Valley, Oracle has seen steady growth, and is a very stable company. Also, barring layoffs, it's very hard to get fired.

Cons

It's a very top-down command-and-control structure. Lower level employees don't get any authority. Pretty much everything has to be cleared at the top. This causes unnecessary delays, and results in lost opportunities in pretty much everything.

1.0
Sep 26, 2008
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart employees, some very nice people in the lower ranks. challenging business problems to solve with software

Cons

Working on financial products at Oracle requires depth of business knowledge and a strong skill set, but senior management treats employees like numbers. Before I left I didn't have a raise for 6 years (I was paid 25% below market but my managers explained they had to give the salary pool to others who were paid even less). I also gave notice right when they were awarding bonuses, I had a stellar performance review and they completely yanked my bonus. (I was not surprised). Promotions are often awarded based on aggression rather than skill. HIghly political. The company is not at all innovative. If they had a successful app development strategy they never would have had to spend $5B to buy companies like Peoplesoft and Seibel. They should have won that space.

2.0
Sep 25, 2008
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Biggest software company in the Bay Area. If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. Good opportunity to build a professional network, as turnover is extremely high. If you have not moved up after 2 years, move out.

Cons

Process, process, process. Nothing gets done without permission. Morale is extremely low. The vast majority of people do not like their jobs. Like most large public companies, if you are promoted here your compensation can only go up by a small percentage, meaning brand new employees are always paid more than veterans.

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